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 : The Union Health Ministry on Thursday informed that India's Covid-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 168.40 crore.
50 lakh vaccine doses had been administered on Thursday, the official statement said. A total of 50,11,156 vaccine doses have been administered till 7 pm.
The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late night, it said.
More than 1.38 crore (1,38,82,262) precaution doses have been administered to healthcare workers, frontline workers and those aged 60 years and above with comorbidities.