PM Modi among TIME’s 30 Influential People on Internet

In Awards and Honours
March 17, 2016

According to the TIME Magazine’s report, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is among the most influential people on the Internet. The magazine cited Modi’s unconventional announcement on Twitter of his visit to Pakistan last year while naming him among ‘The 30 Most Influential People on the Internet’ for the second year in a row in this year’s unranked list. The list includes US presidential hopeful Donald Trump, reality TV star Kim Kardashian and her husband Kayne West, author J K Rowling, former Olympic athlete Caitlyn Jenner and soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo.

Last year, Modi was named by TIME among the 100 most influential people in the world in its annual list, with US President Barack Obama penning a flattering profile of him.

This year’s list also includes Indo-Canadian vlogger Lilly Singh, who TIME said is rapidly becoming one of the biggest stars on YouTube, both on and off-screen. Rising through the Youtube system definitely takes some work and it is evident that she puts that in when she’s making a video. She has also inspired others to start their Youtube career too, with many taping into resources like ‘music for video‘ and ‘royalty-free graphics’ so they have a starting point they can work from and try to make an impression as Lilly has done. She is hardly a novice to lists since Forbes counted her among its 30 Under 30 list last year and also ranked her eighth among YouTube millionaires. In the brief profile accompanying the entry for Singh, Time noted the “Indo-Canadian vlogger is rapidly becoming one of the biggest stars on YouTube, both on and off-screen.”