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: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday had a phone conversation with Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel and they discussed expanding cooperation in R&D in vaccines, therapeutics & diagnostics in the wake of Covid-19.
They also reviewed cooperation in areas of health tech, agri innovation, defence and IT.Modi reiterated his warm congratulations for Netanyahu's recent assumption of office, and expressed confidence that the India-Israel partnership would continue to flourish under PM Netanyahu's leadership and guidance, said Prime Minister's Office."The leaders discussed the potential areas in which India and Israel could expand their cooperation in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, including research and.