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.
The number of coronavirus cases in West Bengal increased to ten after a 66-year-old man in Nayabad had tested positive for COVID-19 infection.
The patient was admitted to the Peerless Hospital, reported ANI. Two people with a history of foreign travel diagnosed with coronavirus on Tuesday.
While one had returned from London recently, the other had a history of travelling to Egypt. Both the patients were admitted to Infectious Diseases and Beliaghata General Hospital in north Kolkata.
On Monday, a 57-year-old patient in Kolkata passed away due to COVID-19 infection. It was the first coronavirus-related death in the city.