Trump, Musk, Yunus among Time's 100 most influential people, no Indian in list
New Delhi: US President Donald Trump, tech mogul Elon Musk, newly elected UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and Bangladesh's Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus are among the key global figures named in the Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2025 list.
In a notable shift from previous years, no Indian citizen has made it to the influential list this year, a stark contrast to 2024, which saw the inclusion of Bollywood actor Alia Bhatt and Olympic wrestler Sakshi Malik, alongside Indian-origin personalities such as Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, World Bank President Ajay Banga, and actor Dev Patel.
The 2025 list honours personalities across diverse fields — politics, science, technology, business, and entertainment — who have made significant contributions over the past year.
This year’s list is organised into various categories, including Leaders, Icons, and Titans. Interestingly, the 'Leaders' category includes Indian-origin Reshma Kewalramani, CEO of Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Kewalramani, who migrated from India to the US at the age of 11, made history as the first woman to lead a major biotechnology company in the country.
Notably, Yunus, 84, a Nobel laureate, is the oldest to feature in the list.
The 2025 edition of Time’s iconic list was launched with five international cover stars: Hollywood actor Demi Moore, rapper Snoop Dogg, tennis legend Serena Williams, singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, and Demis Hassabis, CEO and co-founder of Google DeepMind.
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Rahul meets Youth Cong workers arrested for 'shirtless protest' at AI meet, calls them 'babbar sher'
New Delhi (PTI): Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday met the Indian Youth Congress members who were arrested for a "shirtless" protest during the AI Impact Summit here in February and said he is proud of the courage and patriotism of these "lions".
This was Gandhi's first joint meeting with all the Youth Congress members who were arrested following the protest. The leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha shared photographs of the meeting held at the Congress headquarters here on his Instagram page.
"Today, I met with my fellow 'babbar sher (lion)' members of the Youth Congress who had been arrested for their peaceful protest. Peaceful protest is a constitutional right of every citizen. And it becomes all the more essential -- especially when the country's Prime Minister is compromised," Gandhi said in his post on Instagram.
"The Congress party and I take immense pride in the courage and patriotism of our 'babbar shers'," he added.
A group of Youth Congress workers had staged a dramatic protest inside a hall of the AI summit venue by removing their shirts to reveal T-shirts printed with slogans against the government and the India-US interim trade deal, before being whisked away by security personnel.
Youth Congress chief Uday Bhanu Chib, along with those who participated in the demonstration, was arrested in connection with the "shirtless protest" at the venue of the summit at Bharat Mandapam. Chib and others were later released on bail.
