VARANASI, Sept. 10 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host his Mauritius counterpart Dr Navinchandra Ramgoolam in Varanasi on Thursday as part of the latter's state visit to India from September 9 to 16.

The two leaders are scheduled to meet around 11:30am in Modi's parliamentary constituency, where they will review the full spectrum of bilateral cooperation, with a focus on development partnership, capacity building, health, education, science and technology, infrastructure, renewable energy, digital public infrastructure and the blue economy.

A government communique said the meeting in the historic city underscores the "enduring civilisational connect, spiritual bonds and deep-rooted people-to-people ties" between India and Mauritiu...