India, March 24 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday assured the country that the government was relentlessly trying to minimise the impact of the war in West Asia even as he warned that difficult global conditions might persist for a long time and called upon people to be prepared and united, just as they had during Covid-19.

In a statement in the Lok Sabha - his first after the war broke out - Modi called the attacks on commercial ships and obstruction in the Strait of Hormuz as "unacceptable", addressed concerns related to the impact on fuel, fertilisers, and national security, and said a unanimous voice should go out to the world from India's Parliament on this crisis.

Re-affirming India's unwavering commitment to humanity and ...