Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: Autobiography of Mirabehn to be gifted to UK PM Boris Johnson by Sabarmati Ashram
‘The Spirit’s Pilgrimage’, the autobiography of Madeleine Slade or Mirabehn who became the Mahatma Gandhi’s disciple will be gifted to UK PM Boris Johnson by Sabarmati Ashram, reports ANI.
Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: British PM Boris Johnson, given grand welcome in Ahmedabad
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrived in Ahmedabad on Thursday morning to start his India visit, and was accorded a grand welcome along the four-km route from the airport to a hotel in the city. Johnson was received at the Ahmedabad airport by Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Governor Acharya Devvrat. Senior state officials and ministers were also present to receive him. The British prime minister was greeted by troupes performing traditional Gujarati dances and music at the airport and along the road as his convoy headed for the hotel. The `roadshow’ started outside the airport and passed through Ashram Road via Dafnala and Riverfront. As many as 40 platforms were erected at regular intervals on the four-km stretch from the Airport Circle to the five-star hotel on Ashram Road where again troupes performed traditional Indian dances to welcome Johnson. Read More
Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: UK PM on a two-day visit to India, arrives in Ahmedabad
UK PM Boris Johnson arrives in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. He is on a 2-day India visit: ANI
UK PM Boris* Johnson arrives in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. He is on a 2-day India visit pic.twitter.com/yzwlX5Dppg
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Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE: UK PM Boris Johnson to announce raft of commercial pacts
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce a raft of commercial agreements and hail a “new era” in bilateral trade and investment ties during his visit to India, the UK High Commission said on Thursday. It said the UK and Indian businesses will confirm more than 1 billion pounds (1 GBP= Rs 99.63) in new investments and export deals on Tuesday in areas ranging from software engineering to health, creating almost 11,000 jobs across the UK. Johnson begins his two-day visit to India on Thursday to further expand ties between the two countries and exchange views on pressing global challenges, including the crisis in Ukraine and the situation in the Indo-Pacific. Read More
Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: India, UK talk business: What is the ask
Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s India visit may result in an early FTA
As per the British official announcement, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is visiting India “as part of the UK’s Indo-Pacific tilt”, and to deepen bilateral ties “in the face of global economic challenges and threats from autocratic states”. On his two-day visit to India starting on April 21, Johnson will first go to Ahmedabad, in Gujarat, and the next day proceed to New Delhi where he will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
This broadly means working together for a post-pandemic recovery, how to deal with assertive China, and discuss the Russia-Ukraine war. Earlier, UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss was in India as part of the British ‘diplomatic push on Ukraine’. So all these issues are likely to be emphasised in public statements. But the real issue is going to be a push for an early conclusion of a bilateral trade agreement.
Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: India wants trade pact with UK by October, easier worker visas
India is keen to finalize a trade pact with Britain by October and will seek easier access to visas for skilled workers and students when U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits the country later this week, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
Johnson, who kicks off a two-day visit starting Thursday, will discuss lowering import duty on British whiskey and scotch in his talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the person said, asking not to be identified as the discussions aren’t public. The two leaders are likely to set a deadline for a comprehensive economic partnership agreement, the person added.
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel welcomes Boris Johnson ##Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel welcomes Boris Johnson
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Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: Boris Johnson meeting with PM Narendra Modi tomorrow
Boris Johnson will meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow. A major focus of Mr Johnson’s talks with PM Modi will be on the situation in the Indo-Pacific as the UK is strongly opposed to any kind of coercion in the region.
UK PM Boris Johnson arrives in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. He is on a 2-day India visit ##Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: UK PM Boris Johnson arrives in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. He is on a 2-day India visit
UK PM Borrish Johnson arrives in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. He is on a 2-day India visit pic.twitter.com/ju4bAYvmjN
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Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: UK PM Boris Johnson begins 2-day India visit today
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s two-day visit to India from Thursday is aimed at ramping up the overall ties between the two countries, especially in the areas of defence and security and trade, and he will not lecture India on how to respond to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, people familiar with the development said on Wednesday.
They said a major focus of Johnson’s talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on the situation in the Indo-Pacific as the United Kingdom is strongly opposed to any kind of coercion in the region. The people said the UK is ready to extend its cooperation in realising Modi’s vision of making India a hub for defence manufacturing and for the transfer of technologies for joint production of military hardware.
The British prime minister is scheduled to arrive in Ahmedabad on Thursday morning. After a series of engagements in Gujarat throughout the day, he will leave for Delhi in the evening. Johnson and Modi will hold extensive talks in Delhi on Friday. On the Ukraine crisis, the people said Johnson is not going to lecture India on its response to the Russian invasion and that he will set out the UK’s perspective on it and listen to New Delhi’s views.
Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: British PM Boris Johnson signals visa flexibility with India to win trade deal
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson indicated he was ready to offer more visas to India in return for this year clinching a free-trade deal that could boost annual bilateral trade by billions of pounds. Speaking on the plane on his way to the world’s second-most populous country, Johnson signalled he was ready to be more accommodating on an issue that could have stalled the talks.
“I have always been in favour of talented people coming to this country,” Johnson told reporters. “We are short to the tune of hundreds of thousands of people in our economy and we need to have a progressive approach and we will.” Britain has made getting a trade deal with India one of its post-Brexit priorities as ministers, free from the European Union’s common trade policy, look to gear policy towards faster-growing economies around the Indo-Pacific region.
India wants greater opportunities for Indians to live and work in Britain. Any trade deal will likely be contingent on relaxing rules and lowering of fees for Indian students and professionals going to the country.India and former colonial power Britain already share strong trade ties, and more than a million people of Indian origin live in Britain after decades of migration.
Britain wants to tap into the wealth of India’s middle classes and their appetite for premium British products such as Scotch whisky. They also hope that India can become a customer of its green technology and that service trade can also be strengthened.Britain has said the trade deal could almost double British exports to India, and by 2035 boost total trade by 28 billion pounds ($38 billion) per year. Total trade in 2019 was worth 23 billion pounds, according to British statistics.