LONDON: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer insisted he will not relax visa rules to offer more to Indians just before his flight touched down in Mumbai on Tuesday night in his first major trade mission to India. Accompanied by 125 CEOs, entrepreneurs, cultural institutions and 14 university vice-chancellors, it is the largest delegation to India in decades. Starmer also promised he would raise with Prime Minister Narendra Modi the case of Jagtar Singh Johal, the British Indian Sikh activist detained in India on terror charges, according to reports in the UK media. The visit seeks to build on the momentum from the UK-India trade deal, signed in July, which will lower tariffs on exports to either country. Starmer was repeatedly asked by the press on the flight if he would increase visa

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