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. The government said on Friday, only 73 districts recorded more than 100 COVID-19 cases daily in week ending on July 14.
Forty-seven districts across 12 states and UTs reported over 10 per cent COVID-19 positivity rate for week ending July 15, it added.
Meanwhile, earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged states where COVID-19 cases are rising to take proactive measures to prevent a third wave and stressed on moving forward with the strategy of test, track, treat and 'tika (vaccine)'.
Modi said apprehensions about a third wave of the coronavirus are being expressed with number of cases in some states a matter of concern.