Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made it to TIME magazine’s list of “30 most influential people on the Internet” for a second straight year. The magazine noted that Modi is an “Internet star” with more than 18 million followers on Twitter and more than 32 million Facebook "likes".
Modi’s announcement on Twitter that he was paying Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif an impromptu visit last year was one of the examples the magazine cited of his using social media to “conduct diplomacy”. The report also pointed out, “On Feb. 12, he wished a happy birthday to Afghanistan’s Ashraf Ghani. That tweet made headlines for the wrong reasons, though: the Afghan President replied with his thanks, and a polite note that he was actually born on May. 19.”
Among others on the list were rapper Kanye West, author JK Rowling, US presidential hopeful Donald Trump and former Olympic athlete Caitlyn Jenner.
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