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.
India requests US for cutting edge testing equipment to detect covid-19
NEW DELHI : India has requested the US for cutting edge testing equipment to help early detection of covid-19, a person familiar with the development said Wednesday.
India made this request in a telephone conversation between Indian foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and US Deputy Secretary of State, Stephen E.
Biegun, the person cited above said. The conversation follows one between Prime minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump on Saturday.
This comes as the number of covid-19 cases in India is approaching the 5,300 mark with 149 deaths according to the Ministry of health and family welfare.
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