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's COVID-19 Lockdown Depends on Trust in Institutions
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi enacted the world's largest and most stringent nationwide lockdown last week, banning 1.3 billion people from leaving their homes for 21 days in hopes of halting the spread of COVID-19.
While the next few weeks of the lockdown will be full of hardship for many Indians, including the millions who have lost their jobs and fled the cities to return home, the effort's success in flattening the curve will hinge on Indians' continued trust in their country's medical professionals and in their government.According to the Wellcome Global Monitor survey conducted in India in 2018 before the pandemic, Indians have relatively high levels of trust in the country's medical workers and their government, and in the
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