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.
Indian diplomacy moves into higher gear as covid-19 infects millions
NEW DELHI : Indian diplomacy has been on an overdrive since covid-19 developed into a pandemic that has infected millions and crippled the world economy.
Phone calls to leaders across continents, virtual summits with regional and other multilateral groupings, and supplying medicines to more than 120 countries are all part of “India’s efforts to build a place for itself in the post covid-19 world", said former foreign secretary Kanwal Sibal.
To be sure, India had already stepped up its diplomatic engagement with the world after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office in May 2014, but Indian diplomacy has definitely moved into higher gear in recent months.
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