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modus

(ˈməʊdəs)
n
way of; manner of
[Latin]
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He said since 2005 to 2014 Modi was blacklisted in America and he was banned there because his name was included in the list of terrorists.
His announcement came after Zuckerberg wrote in his Facebook post,"I'm excited to announce that Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India will be visiting Facebook HQ later this month for a Townhall Q& A.
Indian minister Sushma Swaraj of patriotic RSS/BJP is at the centre of a major compassionate immorality row that could now cost her job in the Modi government.
It is this positive expectation that is seen as an early indicator of a long Modi era in India.
The Indian community in the city, consisting of 80,000 Indians, apparently went crazy over Modi's visit.
Today, Modi, who was an administrative novice when he took charge of Gujarat over 13 years ago, towers over men much older to him in politics, the result of a meteoric rise with few parallels.
India, with a population of 1.2 billion, is among the four big developing countries -- Brazil, Russia, India and China -- and foreign investors have been pouring billions of dollars into Indian stocks and bonds in anticipation of a Modi victory.
While Modi's attitudes are not as extreme as those of contemporary Muslim leaders toward their own Islam, Modi is seen as a beacon to many Hindus in India and around the world, and a polarizing figure to some, especially non-Hindus or Muslims, because he is regarded as staunchly Hindu in a nation of 80 percent Hindu, and 13 percent Muslim adherents.
Modi-ology is the view that only Modi can "save" India, that Modi is the only decisive, effective, clean, visionary and astute leader in the country, and that he has a record in Gujarat which "proves" he can "deliver".
A senior BJP leader from Bihar, Giriraj Singh, on Monday strongly objected to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's virtual attack on his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi over the latter's chances of becoming the NDA's prime ministerial candidate.
21 October 2011 - CRISIL today confirmed its BB ratings with a "stable" outlook on the INR207.2m (USD4.1m/EUR3m) term loan and INR80m overdraft facility of Indian Seth Ramji Das Modi Vidya Niketan Society, engaged in educational activities.