India and the UK on Thursday announced a £350-million deal for the supply of new lightweight multirole missile (LMM) air-defence missile systems and also agreed on wider cooperation in critical minerals and opening of campuses of British universities in India.

The measures to expand cooperation in defence and other fields were announced following wide-ranging talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his British counterpart Keir Starmer in Mumbai. It was the first meeting between the two leaders after the signing of the free trade agreement (FTA) in July. Starmer, who visited Yash Raj Films studio in Mumbai yesterday, also announced a deal for production of three Bollywood movies in the UK.

A joint statement issued after the Modi-Starmer talks, however, was silent on the recent chan

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