Forbes list declares Narendra Modi as the world’s 15th most powerful

The world has acknowledged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the world’s one of the most powerful man. His entry into the Forbes list of the world’s most powerful proves that he has made a positive impact on the global scene.
Modi is ranked 15th on the Forbes list which is topped by Russian President Vladimir Putin – he pipped his US counterpart Barack Obama for a second year in a row.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who was the highest ranked Indian last year at 21, does nor feature in this year’s list. Other Indians in the list of the 72 most powerful people in the world include Mukesh Ambani, the Chairman of Reliance Industries who is placed at the 36th position followed by Lakshmi Mittal, Chairman and CEO of Arcelor Mittal at 57th position and Microsoft's Indian-born CEO Satya Nadella at 64th.
On the debut of Narendra Modi, Forbes has remarked that "India's newest rockstar doesn't hail from Bollywood. He is the newly elected Prime Minister who sailed into office in May with a landslide victory, ushering the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) into power after decades of control by the Gandhi dynasty."
Incidentally, this year has seen entry of 12 newcomers in the list – they include Modi and Egypt President Abdel el-Sisi. Others in the list are French President Francois Hollande (17), Iran's Grand Ayatollah Ali Hoseini-Khamenei (19), Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg (22), Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu (26), Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein (27), UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (40), former US President Bill Clinton (44), North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (49) and Japanese leader Shinzo Abe (63).