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UK PM Boris Johnson India Visit Day 2 LIVE updates: Indians could plug some labour gaps in UK, Boris Johnson says

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Apr 22, 2022, 20:48:59 IST

UK PM Boris Johnson India Visit Day 2 LIVE updates: Indians could plug some labour gaps in UK, Boris Johnson says

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with his British counterpart, Boris Johnson, at Hyderabad in Delhi today. India and UK signed several deals, including on trade and defence ties. The Ukraine war and Khalistani activists in Britain also came came up for discussion. Stay with TOI for live updates:

13:25 (IST) Apr 21

UK PM Boris Johnson will soon visit Gujarat Biotechnology University in Gandhinagar and then will visit the Akshardham Temple in Gandhinagar.

13:24 (IST) Apr 21

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson indicates he is ready to offer more visas to India this year, in return for clinching a free-trade deal that could boost annual bilateral trade by billions of pounds. (Reuters)

13:24 (IST) Apr 21

13:18 (IST) Apr 21

After leaving Sabarmati Ashram on Thursday, PM Boris met Adani Group chairman, Gautam Adani.

13:17 (IST) Apr 21

UK PM Boris Johnson will inaugurate JCB's new facility at Halol GIDC.

12:38 (IST) Apr 21

British PM Boris Johnson arrives in Ahmedabad, announces new commercial deals worth £1 billion

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11:31 (IST) Apr 21

“It is an immense privilege to come to the Ashram of this extraordinary man, and to understand how he mobilised such simple principles of truth and non-violence to change the world for the better," UK PM Boris Johnson writes in his message at Sabarmati Ashram

10:38 (IST) Apr 21

Boris Johnson writes a message in Sabarmati Ashram visitors book.

10:38 (IST) Apr 21

Boris Johnson tries his hands on 'charkha', at Sabarmati Ashram.

10:24 (IST) Apr 21

PM Johnson at the ashram.

10:12 (IST) Apr 21

UK PM Boris Johnson arrives at Sabarmati Ashram.

09:53 (IST) Apr 21

Autobiography of Madeleine Slade to be gifted to PM Johnson

The autobiography of Madeleine Slade or Mirabehn, the daughter of a British admiral who became the Mahatma Gandhi's disciple will be gifted to UK PM Boris Johnson by Sabarmati Ashram. One of the first two books written by Mahatma Gandhi but it was never published. (ANI)

09:52 (IST) Apr 21

Boris Johnson has indicated that a post-Brexit trade deal with India will include accepting Delhi's demands for an increase in migration to the UK.

09:47 (IST) Apr 21

British PM Johnson signals visa flexibility with India to win trade deal. (Reuters)

09:21 (IST) Apr 21

The British PM at the airport on Thursday.

08:55 (IST) Apr 21

Boris Johnson being received at the airport.

08:42 (IST) Apr 21

Arrangements made to welcome UK PM Boris Johnson near Ahmedabad airport.

08:39 (IST) Apr 21

This will be the first time a British PM visits Gujarat, the ancestral home of around half of the British-Indian population in the UK.

08:39 (IST) Apr 21

The British PM will first visit Ahmedabad on Thursday.

08:18 (IST) Apr 21

As I arrive in India today, I see vast possibilities for what our two great nations can achieve together. From next-generation 5G telecoms and AI to new partnerships in health research and renewable energy – the UK and India are leading the world.