Question:Who among the following has been included in the Time 100 most influential people list 2020?
(a) Ayushmann Khurrana
(b) Narendra Modi
(c) Bilkis
(d) All of these
Answer:(d)
Related facts:
- TIME Magazine’s annual list of the world’s 100 most influential people was released in September 2020.
- The List has named people in five categories: Pioneers, Artists, Leaders, Titans, Icons.
Indians in the List:
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been featured in TIME Magazine’s annual list for the fourth time since 2014.
- Bollywood actor Ayushmann Khurrana has been included in Artist category.
- Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has been named under the category of ‘Titans’.
- Professor Ravindra Gupta who spearheaded a study that led to the second man in history being cured of HIV in London, last year, has been listed under the ‘Pioneers’ category. He is a professor of clinical microbiology at the Cambridge University.
- TIME’s list this year also featured 82-year-old Bilkis, who was one of the most prominent faces during the anti-CAA protests at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi, earlier this year. She is in the list under the category of ‘Icons’.
By-Amar Mani Upadhyay
Links:
https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2020/
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/time-100-yes-there-is-pm-modi-in-the-list-but-guess-who-the-other-indians-are-6607597/