Narendra Modi has been the Prime Minister of India since 2014. He is a Lok Sabha member from the Varanasi constituency of Uttar Pradesh. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 282 and 303 seats in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha Elections under the leadership of Narendra Modi. In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, PM Modi won the Varanasi seat with a margin of 4,79,505 votes. He was polled 6,74,664 votes and defeated Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Shalini Yadav who got 1,95,159 votes. In the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, Modi contested on BJP ticket from the constituency for the first time and won the seat. He was polled 5,81,022 votes and defeated Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Arvind Kejriwal who got 2,09,238 votes. Modi defeated Kejriwal by a margin of 3,71,784 votes. Modi also won the Vadodara seat in 2014 but decided to retain Varanasi. He was the Gujarat Chief Minister from 2001 to 2014. Modi represented Rajkot II constituency in the Gujarat Assembly in 2002 and Maninagar thrice in a row in 2002, 2007 and 2012. He is again contesting from the Varanasi constituency in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024.
Read MoreAn Egyptian woman dressed in a saree greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the popular song 'Yeh Dosti Hum Nahi Chhodenge' from the movie 'Sholay'.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a roadshow in Bhopal on June 27, his first after returning from a 'historic' US tour, a BJP leader said.
The US National Science Foundation has revealed 35 research collaborations with India's Department of Science and Technology, along with a new cooperative agreement with the Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to focus on emerging technologies.
Amazon plans to invest an additional $15 billion over the next seven years, bringing its total investment across all business sectors in India to $26 billion. Google, on the other hand, has announced the establishment of its global fintech operation center in Gujarat.
PM Modi US visit: Indian officials called Modi's speech historic and noted that it was marked by applause 79 times, 15 standing ovations, autographs, selfies, bipartisan support and 'Modi Modi' chants.
Amazon CEO Andrew Jassy meets PM Modi: "We have already invested 11 billion dollars, with an intention to invest another 15 billion dollars bringing the total to 26 billion dollars," added Amazon CEO.
Modi address at Ronald Reagan Building: The move is part of a people-to-people initiative and comes after a bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Modi and US President Joe Biden.
"I express my gratitude to the American government for this," PM Modi said.
PM Modi US visit 2023: Addressing a cheerful gathering of Indian community members here, Modi said the full potential of partnership between the two countries is yet to be realised and their ties is all about making the world better again in the 21st century.
We are announcing the opening of our global fintech operation centre in GIFT City, Gujarat. PM’s vision for Digital India was way ahead of his time I now see it as a blueprint that other countries are looking to do, said Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
The partnership between India and America will only benefit the people of both countries. In the last 3 days, many historic steps have been taken to strengthen this partnership. India and America are moving forward as the most reliable partners, PM Modi said.
Speaking to reporters, John Kirby, NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications said, "India has to make its own choices about (Russian) oil purchases and we hope that we can continue to see that they purchase Russian oil at or below the price cap, as they have been."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised a toast for India-US friendship at the luncheon hosted by the State Department at the White House.
PM Modi US visit 2023: Modi became the first Indian leader to address the joint session of the US Congress twice on Thursday. He first addressed a joint meeting of the US Congress in 2016.
PM Modi US Visit: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is currently on a visit to the US, attended the State Dinner hosted by the US president and First Lady.
PM Modi US Visit: Big names in the tech world, film and fashion industry as well as billionaire industrialists were among those invited to the State Dinner hosted in the honour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House.
PM Modi on terrorism: Regarding India's economic progress, Prime Minister Modi highlighted the nation's remarkable ascent from being the 10th largest economy in the world during his first visit to the US as Prime Minister to currently holding the fifth position globally.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address to the joint sitting of the US Congress said that together we shall demonstrate that democracies matter and democracies deliver. He delivered his address amid Modi-Modi chants and rousing applause.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi informed the joint sitting of the US Congress that India will be world's third economy soon.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that India lives democracy and its does not discriminate on the basis of caste, creed or religion.
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