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.
Lessons from the malaria fight in tackling covid-19
Covid-19 has hit India hard. As of 4 May, India had more than 42,500 active cases and more than 1,370 deaths. Every case and every life lost is painful.
Still, given India’s population and the high infectiousness of covid-19, experts believe that India has avoided the worst so far.
Much of the credit goes to the Indian people who have supported the clarion call by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fight covid-19.
The opposition too has rallied behind the government. We are, however, not out of the woods yet. Such crises require exceptional leadership and bold action informed by evidence.
United States
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Cases: 46 252 513
Deaths: 750 423
Recovered: 0
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India
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Cases: 34 321 025
Deaths: 459 652
Recovered: 0
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Brazil
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Cases: 21 835 785
Deaths: 608 235
Recovered: 0
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United Kingdom
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Cases: 9 215 683
Deaths: 141 607
Recovered: 0
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Russia
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Cases: 8 494 589
Deaths: 237 619
Recovered: 0
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