PM Modi out of race for TIME 'Person of the Year' title

December 08, 2014 21:23

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not made it to the list of eight finalists selected by TIME magazine for its annual 'Person of the Year' title.

TIME editors narrowed their list from 50 global leaders and CEOs to eight individuals whose names were announced today.

The finalists for the annual honour are: Alibaba group head Jack Ma, Ebola caregivers, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Ferguson protesters, singer Taylor Swift, National Football League commissioner Roger Stokoe Goodell and Masoud Barzani -- the Kurdish politician who has led the Iraqi-Kurdistan region since 2005.

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