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.
ANI reported. In view of increasing COVID-19 cases in the country over the last two weeks, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a meeting to assess the situation with Chief Ministers on Wednesday via video conferencing.
On Sunday, Bommai said that the state government will bring guidelines after a video conference meeting with PM Modi on Wednesday.
Karnataka on Sunday reported 60 new cases of the virus with zero fatalities and a positivity rate of 0.72 per cent. The active cases in the state stood at 1,676.
India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,30,60,086 with 2,541 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, while the active cases increased to 16,522, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.