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.
Lockdown effect: Doubling rate of virus cases now stands at 6.2 days, says govt
Amid the spread of novel coronavirus in India, the Minsitry of Health and Family Welfare today said that the Covid-19 cases doubling rate has dipped to 6.2 days from earlier three days, after the imposition of the lockdown.
Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Health Ministry in a press briefing on Friday evening said, "Before the lockdown, doubling rate of COVID-19 cases was about three days but according to the data of past 7 days, the doubling rate of cases now stands at 6.2 days.
We are intensifying our efforts to reduce this doubling rate." The nationwide lockdown that started from 25 March for 21 days in order to combat Covid-19 outbreak in the country, has now been extended till 3 May, 2020, as announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on
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