List of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of the Year 2017

TIME 100: The Most Influential People of 2017

Question- Recently, Time Magazine has been included in the list of the world’s most influential people in the year 2017-
(a) Sachin Tendulkar
(b) Narendra Modi
(c) Vijay Shekhar Sharma
(d) (b) and (c) both
Ans: (d)
Related facts:-

  • On April 20, 2017, a list of the 100 most influential people in the world of the year 2017 was released by the prestigious Time magazine.
  • The magazine was divided the list into categories by Pioneers, Titans, Artists, Leaders and Icons.
  • This year, the name of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is included in the Leaders category by Time Magazine.
  • Apart from this, US President Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Theresa May, Julian Assange, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, Russian President Vladimir Putin, President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, Turkish President Rajab Tayeb Erdogan, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Pope Francis and Melinda Gates are included in the list..
  • In this list, the founder of Paytm of India, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, has been ranked in the Titans category.
  • This category includes the name of Janet Yellen, the first woman president of the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve system and the founder of Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos.
  • The list includes the Ivanka Trump, daughter of US President Donald Trump in the Pioneers category.

Related Links:-
http://time.com/collection/2017-time-100/
http://time.com/collection/2017-time-100/4736335/narendra-modi/
http://time.com/collection/2017-time-100/4742761/vijay-shekhar-sharma/