PM Modi on Time’s ‘100 most influential’ list

Prime Minister Narendra Modi have been named among 100 most influential people of 2021 by the Time Magazine.

Key Points

• Apart from PM Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and CEO of Serum Institute of India, Adar Poonawalla have also been named among the world’s 100 most influential people.
• Time magazine unveiled its annual list of ‘The 100 Most Influential People of 2021’ on September 15, 2021.
• This annual list is a global list comprising of US President Joe Biden, Vice-President Kamala Harris, Duke & Duchess of Sussex Prince Harry & Meghan, former US president Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and co-founder of the Taliban, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.

Time’s profile of Modi

According to Time’s profile of Modi, India has had three pivotal leaders namely Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Modi. Narendra Modi is the third who has been dominating the India’s politics like no one since them.

Time’s profile of Mamata Banerjee

Mamata Banerjee has been described as the face of fierceness in Indian politics on the time’s profile. Profile says, “the street-fighter spirit and self-made life in the patriarchal culture sets her apart.

Time’s profile of Poonawalla

According to Time profile of Poonawalla, the 40-year-old head of world’s largest vaccine maker “sought to meet the moment, from the beginning of Covid-19 pandemic.

About Time

It is an American news magazine and news website. It is published and is based in New York City. It was published weekly earlier, but by March 2020 it had switched to bi-weekly. First edition of the magazine was published on March 3, 1923.

Month: Current Affairs - September, 2021