Newly elected United States President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris have been named 2020’s Person of the Year in the influential US magazine Time.
According to the US media CNN, Time magazine jointly announced the names of the two as the best personalities of 2020 on Thursday evening local time.
Front fighters in the Covid-19 fight include doctors, nurses, delivery boys, store workers, emergency services personnel and others who have worked at risk during the epidemic, as well as immunologist Anthony Fauci, a key member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, were in the possible discussion for the recognition of the Time magazine this year.
The Anti-Apartheid Movement across the United States and President Donald Trump were also shortlisted. Biden and Kamala were also on the list.
However, Biden was elected the Person of the Year after defeating incumbent President Donald Trump in the US election. Kamala has also been given this honor along with him. She is the first woman in US history and the first vice president of African descent.
The COVID Fighters was ahead as the best of the year in the readers’ vote. However, in the eyes of Time, the names of Biden and Kamala came up for this recognition.
Time magazine published a list of the most discussed and important persons of the year in their final edition. In that edition, reports or biographies of one or more individuals, groups, organizations, doctrines or events are presented. The US magazine has been promoting Person of the Year since 1927. Charles Lindbergh of the United States was the first to receive this recognition. He was a pilot, engineer and Pulitzer Prize winner. Source: https://www.daily-bangladesh.com
