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: PM Modi to address Indian envoys on Monday via video link
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address Indian envoys via video link later Monday on coronavirus outbreak and India’s internal and external response to the crisis, a person familiar with the development said.
Modi’s move follows a similar conference call by Indian foriegn minister S Jaishankar some days ago. With covid-19 infections inching towards the 750,000 mark worldwide and causing more than 34,000 deaths, the pandemic has become an unprecedented challenge for all governments.
In India, the death toll due to the coronavirus hit 29 and the number of infections were at over 1,000. India has evacuated more than 2,000 people from covid-19 hotspots across the world and many hundreds more by flights operated by governments of
United States
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Cases: 46 252 513
Deaths: 750 423
Recovered: 0
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India
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Cases: 34 321 025
Deaths: 459 652
Recovered: 0
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Brazil
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Cases: 21 835 785
Deaths: 608 235
Recovered: 0
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United Kingdom
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Cases: 9 215 683
Deaths: 141 607
Recovered: 0
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Russia
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Cases: 8 494 589
Deaths: 237 619
Recovered: 0
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