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.
Adar Poonawalla today said he is hopeful that another coronavirus vaccine -- Covovax -- being manufactured by his firm in the country, will be launched in October this year for adults and for children by the first quarter of 2022.
The Serum CEO also thanked the Centre for all the support provided to the SII and said the company is always trying to expand its Covishield production capacity to meet the demand.
Poonawalla met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Parliament and the meeting between the two lasted for 30 minutes. "The government is helping us and we are facing no financial crunch.
We are thankful to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for all the cooperation and support," Poonawala told news agency PTI after his meeting.