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.
Continue lockdown in hotspots till 30 April, run non-stop trains for migrants to return: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan
'The danger posed by covid-19 continues across the country. The time is not yet ripe to withdraw the lockdown,' Vijayan said at a press briefing on Saturday evening.
Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday told Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during the virtual meeting of state chief ministers, to extend the lockdown in covid-19 hotspots until 30 April.
He also demanded special non-stop trains for stranded migrants, three-months income support scheme for unskilled workers and special economic packages, among other things. "The danger posed by covid-19 continues across the country.
The time is not yet ripe to withdraw the lockdown," Vijayan said at a press briefing on Saturday evening. "We have asked for a phased lifting.
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