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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday interacted with floor leaders of various parties, including opposition, in Parliament to discuss the situation arising out of the spread of coronavirus. The interaction was held through video conferencing and those participated, included Ghulam Nabi Azad, leader of the opposition in Rajya Sabha, and Nationalist Congress Party head Sharad Pawar. Modi interacted with leaders of those parties whose combined strength of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha adds up to five. This is prime minister's first interaction with floor leaders, including those from the Opposition, after the imposition of the nationwide lockdown on March 25 though he had held interactions with chief ministers of all states including those ruled by non-NDA parties. The prime minister has been interacting with various stakeholders, including doctors, journalists and heads of Indian missions to get a feedback on ways to check the spread of coronavirus. He also recently spoke … [Read more...] about PM Narendra Modi interacts with floor leaders of political parties on coronavirus

Explaining the current food supply chain, and availability of essentials will definitely feature in the discussion in view of an extension of the ongoing shutdown. Government sources indicated on Tuesday that the government is `considering request` by various Chief Minister against ending the current shutdown on April 14. … [Read more...] about PM Narendra Modi to discuss response to COVID-19 with MPs via video-conferencing today

Hydroxychloroquine has been identified by the US Food and Drug Administration as a possible treatment for the COVID-19 and it is being tested on more than 1,500 coronavirus patients in New York. Anticipating that it will work, given initial positive results, Trump has bought more than 29 million doses of hydroxychloroquine for the potential treatment of COVID-19 patients. … [Read more...] about Donald Trump calls PM Narendra Modi ‘great’ for allowing sale of anti-malaria drug to US amid COVID-19 crisis

In his letter, President Bolsonaro compared PM Modi's decision to lift the ban on export of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in the global fight against coronavirus COVID-19 to Hanuman's effort to help Lord Ram's brother Lakshman with Sanjeevani Booti after the latter was criticailly injured during the battle in Lanka. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus COVID-19: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro writes to PM Modi on Hanuman Jayanti, makes references to Ramayana, Sanjeevani booti

Noting that capable women hold important portfolios in his cabinet, Modi pointed at two group photos of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in China where External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman were the only women.  … [Read more...] about It’s ‘women first’ for BJP and my government: Modi