Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. He was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament for Varanasi. Modi is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist volunteer organisation. He is the first prime minister outside of the Indian National Congress to win two consecutive terms with a full majority and the second to complete five years in office after Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
1.3 billion people. A 21-day lockdown. Can India curb the coronavirus?
New Delhi police officers provide hand sanitizer to a homeless man on the third day of India’s national lockdown. By Vaishnavi ChandrashekharScience’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center.MUMBAI, INDIA—Until last week, Shivaji Park was brimming with people almost every night.
One of this city’s largest public grounds, it was often packed with cricket teams, joggers, school children, and elderly walkers—along with an entire informal economy of street vendors.All vanished after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the world’s largest lockdown on 24 March, asking 1.3 billion Indians to stay home for 21 days to slow the spread of COVID-19.The move was partly a response to apocalyptic projections.
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