TIME Magazine 100 Most Influential People: PM Modi, Adar Poonawalla and THIS Indian CM included in the list - Check other personalities in the LIST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee have been named among the world's 100 most influential people of 2021 by TIME magazine. Both these politicians have been included under the 'Leaders' category. Also, Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla who has also been included in the list finds himself under the 'Pioneers' category. Source: PTI

The global list of 100 most influential people also includes US President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Duke and Duchess of Sussex Prince Harry and Meghan. Source: Reuters

Former US President Donald Trump has also been included in the list of 100 most influential people of 2021 by TIME. Source: Reuters

Co-founder of the Taliban Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has also been included in the list. The Time profile describes the Taliban co-founder Baradar as a "quiet, secretive man who rarely gives public statements or interviews." Baradar's profile further says, "Baradar nonetheless represents a more moderate current within the Taliban, the one that will be thrust into the limelight to win Western support and desperately needed financial aid." Source: Reuters

TIME's profile of Modi says that in its 74 years as an independent nation, India has had three pivotal leaders -
Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Modi. It said, "Narendra Modi is the third, dominating the country's politics like no one since them." Source: PTI

On Banerjee, her profile for the 100 most influential list says that the 66-year-old leader "has become the face of fierceness in Indian politics." The profile further adds, "Of Banerjee, it is said, she doesn't lead her party, the Trinamool Congress - she is the party." Source: PTI