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.
Covid-19 lockdown: PM Modi to address the nation on 14 April
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation on Tuesday, his fourth address in a month, when he is expected to announce an extension of the lockdown for another two weeks against the backdrop of a surge in covid-19 cases in the country.
India has so far reported 9,100 cases of covid-19, with deaths at 308. “Prime Minister @narendramodi will address the nation at 10 AM on 14th April 2020," a Twitter post from Modi’s official handle said.
The post comes amid speculation that the Centre may extend the lockdown, scheduled to end on 14 April, following requests from Punjab, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, among others, allowing limited economic activity in areas that are covid-19 free and in industries that follow social
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