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.
As India entered the last phase of lockdown 4.0, the number of patients recovered from the coronavirus disease hit a new record.
At least 11,264 people have been recovered from the deadly disease in last 24 hours, according to the data released by ministry of health and family welfare.
Nearly 47% of the total coronavirus patients have been discharged from the hospital after recovery. India's recovery rate from the coronavirus disease is one the steady rise.
India first reported coronavirus infection on January 30 when a student in Kerala had tested positive for the disease. To contain the virus spread, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a nationwide lockdown in the last week of March.