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: Modi to have virtual meeting with leaders of Non-Aligned Countries
The meeting on Monday comes as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to sicken people around the world NEW DELHI: After meetings with South Asian countries and the G20 developed and developing nations on the novel coronavirus disease, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Monday take part in a virtual meeting of leaders of the Non-Aligned Countries who will be discussing the economic and other implications of the pandemic, a person familiar with the matter said.
The meeting comes as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to sicken people around the world. According to the US-based Johns Hopkins University’s Covid-19 tracker, the global tally of infected people is inching towards the 3.5 million mark with the number of deaths standing at more than
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