Modi, Paytm founder among Time's 100 most influential people of 2017
The list also includes Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Theresa May, among others Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma were the only two Indians to make it to the Time ’s annual list of ‘100 most influential people in the world’. The list features pioneers, artists, titans, leaders and icons from around the world honoured for “the power of their inventions, the scale of their ambitions, the genius of their solutions to problems that no one before them could solve.” US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and British Prime Minister Theresa May are also included on the new list. The profile of Modi, 66, was written by author Pankaj Mishra. “Once barred from the US for his suspected complicity in anti-Muslim violence, and politically ostracised at home as well, this Hindu nationalist used Twitter to bypass traditional media and speak directly to masses feeling l...