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NEW DELHI : Former chief of the UKs National Cyber Security Centre, Lindy Cameron, is tipped to become the countrys new high commissioner to India..
Alex Ellis, the incumbent British envoy, is expected to demit office shortly and move on to another diplomatic posting..
Total trade in goods and services (exports plus imports) between the UK and India was 38.1 billion in the four quarters to the end of Q3 2023, an increase of 8.7% or 3.0 billion in current prices from the four quarters to the end of Q3 2022," reported the UKs department for business and trade..
British defence minister Grant Shapps announced plans to send the countrys Littoral Response Group to the Indian Ocean and its Carrier Strike Group in 2025..
Despite the fact that Britain was a major defence supplier to India in the early wars after Independence in 1947, the relationship weakened as the Soviet Union became Indias preferred defence partner..
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