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 : Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Monday assured the Maldives of New Delhi’s continued support as the tiny Indian Ocean atoll nation tries to cope with the challenges posed by the novel coronavirus.
In a telephone conversation with Maldivian president Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, Modi acknowledged the “special challenges" that the pandemic poses for a tourism-dependent economy like the Maldives, a statement from India’s foreign ministry said.
Modi “assured the Maldivian President of continued Indian support for minimising the health and economic impact of covid-19," it said adding that both leaders “agreed that their officials would remain in touch on issues arising out of the present health crisis, as well as other aspects of