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: The Karnataka government on Friday said it would allow technology companies to operate with 50% staff in their premises after 20 April, indicating that the state would partially lift the lockdown despite the growing number of covid-19 cases.
Information technology, bio-technology and other companies in Bengaluru were forced to ask their staff to work from home after a nationwide lockdown was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi beginning 25 March.
C.N. Ashwathnarayana, deputy chief minister of Karnataka and minister for infotech, on Friday held a meeting with top executives of large corporations and later arrived at this decision.