New Delhi (NVI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at 4pm today, amid an ongoing stand-off between India and China at Ladakh’s Galwan valley and a surge in coronavirus cases that has shown little sign of slowing down.
The Prime Minister’s Office released this information on Monday night.
His address also comes in the backdrop of India banning 59 apps from China including TikTok, owned by ByteDance Ltd., citing privacy and security concerns amid worsening relations between the two neighbouring countries.
In the previous address to the nation on May 12, PM Modi had announced a Rs 20,000 lakh crore ‘Atma Nirbhar Bharat’ package to boost economic activities, which were hit by Covid-19 lockdown.
In addition to this, Covid-19 Unlock 1.0 put in place across the country also ends today and Unlock 2.0 will begin from July 1.
This would be Modi’s sixth address to the nation since the outbreak of the pandemic.
Narendra Modi on Sunday, on his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ radio show, said that India had given a befitting response to China on Ladakh, praising the Army which fought Chinese troops at the Galwan Valley earlier this month. He also spoke of the call for boycott of Chinese goods by the traders and the civil society.
Meanwhile, the total number of coronavirus cases in India has risen to 5,48,318, including 16,475 deaths, according to Health Ministry data.
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