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.
NEW DELHI : All international and domestic scheduled airline operations will remain suspended till 3 May, the ministry of civil aviation (MoCA) said on Tuesday.
The announcement came after Prime minister Narendra Modi extended the nationwide lockdown by another 19 days to contain the spread of highly contagious covid-19.
The cash-strapped Indian aviation industry is expected to lose more money with the government's latest decision. While grounding of flight operations has dried revenue for the sector, the domestic aviation industry will lose millions of dollars in coming days due to the extended lockdown. "The revenue loss of the aviation industry spread across airlines, airports and retail is estimated to be close to $1 billion-$1.5