Beating Joe Biden, Imran Khan is ranked 17th most admired man of the world. It may be contributed to his effective dealing of pandemic, leading the struggle against climate change, advocating for the rights and freedom of Kashmiri people, and efforts against Islamophobia. This is not the first time that the Pakistani premiers has bagged this position in the same list. In 2018, he was ranked 20th for the first time and in 2019, he had jumped to 17th position. Indian PM Modi, au contraire, has seen a decline of 4 points in popularity which is no shock per se, in the backdrop of his regime’s disastrous dealing with the pandemic, repressive treatment with protesting farmers, Indian Muslim minority and Kashmiris.
Indian PM Modi, au contraire, has seen a decline of 4 points in popularity which is no shock per se, in the backdrop of his regime’s disastrous dealing with the pandemic, repressive treatment with protesting farmers, Indian Muslim minority and Kashmiris.
Cristiano Ronaldo jumps two places and ranks at 4th. His following has seen 2 points rise since last year. This is likely to be contributed by, other than his performance on field of course, his act in a Euro2020 press conference in July this year when he replaced a bottle of Coca-Cola with “agua” – Portuguese term for water. This repositioning of one small bottle cost Coca-Cola company 2.8-billion-dollar plummet in its shares.
The precursor of Ronaldo’s action may be accounted for health as the World Health Organization (WHO), following the incident, posted a link on social media to one of their articles highlighting the potential health benefits of cutting out sugar from diet. Also, the question must arise in not so die-hard fans of sportspeople, why their favorite sportspersons represent carbonated drinks when these are forbidden in health and body building regimes?
YouGov international survey gathered open-ended nominations from panelists across 38 countries and territories. They are asked, “Thinking about people alive in the world today, which man do you most admire?” Based on these lists, people from the same 38 areas were asked two questions, “who do you truly admire?”, the respondents could make multiple options, and “who do you MOST admire?”, to which they could make only one response. The results were compiled through statistical analysis. A survey for Most Admired Women 2021 was also conducted alongside men’s.
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