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.
VIJAYAPURA : Even as Karnataka saw a 'slight' uptick in the number of Covid-19 cases, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said that there is ‘no need to panic’.
The chief minister said that precautionary measures are being taken in border areas in order to control the Covid-19 pandemic.
Effective measures like screening at airports and precautionary measures especially at the state's borders with Maharashtra and Kerala would be taken, he added. "The state is witnessing a slight rise in Covid-19 cases.
But there is no need to panic. Precautionary measures would be taken in border areas to control the pandemic", Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.