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.
Mint editors curate the Top 10 news and views around the world that you can savour Intro: An address to the nation tends to cause some anxiety but Tuesday’s speech from Prime Minister Narendra Modi—his fourth since he announced the lockdown on 24 March—was largely a lecture on self-reliance and resilience.
We’ll have to wait for the details of the economic package of ₹20 lakh crore, and what Lockdown 4 holds in store. Covid-19 cases in India have crossed 70,000, even as the country, like many others, slowly opens up.
In Wuhan, China, where the outbreak began and which emerged from over two months in lockdown, city authorities have decided to test all 11 million residents after six new cases were confirmed this week.