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 : Phone calls to leaders across continents, virtual summits with regional and other multilateral groupings, supplying medicines to more than 120 countries – Indian diplomacy has been on an overdrive since the novel coronavirus disease developed into a pandemic crippling the world economy and sickening several millions of people.
This is “India is trying to build a place for itself in the post covid-19 pandemic world," said former foreign secretary Kanwal Sibal.
India had stepped up its diplomatic engagement with the world since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office in May 2014 but Indian diplomacy has definitely moved into higher gear in recent months.