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.
Opinion | Can covid-19 be Indian pharma’s Y2K moment?
The country’s pharmaceutical industry has a rare but brief opportunity to capture the global market as the chief supplier of affordable and high-quality hydroxychloroquine Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s medical diplomacy in clearing hydroxychloroquine supplies from India to countries like the US, Brazil and Israel, has won the country brownie points in the midst of the global pandemic.
It also points to a once in a generation opportunity for Indian drug manufacturers as also the wider healthcare sector to become the dominant global supplier of key products and services.
Already, companies like Ipca Laboratories and Zydus Cadilla that produce the “wonder drug", have impressed with their ability to address the sudden demand, with many of
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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