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.
BENGALURU: An 80-year old woman from Gadag district in Karnataka succumbed to covid-19 on Thursday, taking the state's death toll to six.
This is the second casualty reported in the last two days in Karnataka, where the total number of covid-19 positive cases has increased to 191.
Ten people tested positive till noon on Thursday. "Till date, 191 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed. This includes 6 deaths & 28 discharges," the Karnataka health department said in a statement.
The number of cases is rising in Karnataka even as the state government is deliberating if the 21-day lockdown, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, should be lifted in the state after 14 April.