At the first-ever bilateral summit between PM Modi & his UK counterpart Boris Johnson, both leaders also agreed to launch negotiations on a free trade agreement.
India, UK were to agree on a Roadmap 2030 for re-energised relations across trade and investment and climate action, which is now likely to be signed off remotely.
Addressing a virtual conference inaugurated by Modi, the British PM hailed Indian PM's 'fantastic leadership' in areas such as renewable energy in the fight against climate change.
For the UK to retain the large share of India’s trade with EU, a new deal has to be signed. But the MPs’ demand to include a 'human rights' clause is like waving a red flag to the bull.
Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri says Indian and UK carriers will each operate 15 flights per week to & from Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad until 23 January.
The partly state-owned OneWeb network, a startup the UK bailed out with the Indian billionaire Sunil Mittal, will compete with Elon Musk to offer broadband internet from space.
Addressing a press conference after India-UK talks, External Affairs Minister Jaishankar said the acceptance was symbolic of a new era in ties between the two countries.
One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
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As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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