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.
PM Modi calls for 9-minute blackout on Sunday, urges citizens to light lamps
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday appealed to everyone to voluntarily adopt a blackout at 9 pm on Sunday and light a lamp, candle or shine a mobile flashlight for nine minutes.
Modi urged people to maintain social distancing norms while undertaking the exercise. "India is united in its fight against the corona pandemic", Modi said in a national address on Friday, his third address since 19 March on covid-19 that has now killed 66 Indians and infected 2,423. “We should make this promise in that light that we are not alone and no one is alone," the prime minister added.
This is the second such exercise called by Modi after he called for its citizen’s to commend the efforts of those fighting against the pandemic. “Social
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