British Premier May Visit India In November

British Prime Minister Theresa May plans to visit India in the second week of November. Sources close to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has hinted that PM May will visit the South Asian country when the India-UK Tech Summit will take place in New Delhi on November 7-9.

However, it is still not clear whether PM May will attend the summit to be jointly organised by India's Department of Science and Technology and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). This year, British Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation Jo Johnson will deliver the keynote address at the Summit.

The nature of Indo-British partnership has changed, with Britain voting to leave the European Union (EU) a couple of months back. A senior Indian Ministry of External Affairs official has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is eager to meet the first post-Brexit British premier, as...