India, Oct. 9 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday received and welcomed British PM Keir Starmer, who is in Mumbai to discuss a recently sealed trade deal as well as a technology security initiative launched in July last year.

During the talks, both leaders will celebrate their countries' deepening commercial ties with an announcement of further Indian investment into the UK and a meeting between the two.

An official release also stated that 64 Indian companies would collectively invest £ 1.3 billion ($1.75 billion) in Britain, as announced during the UK's largest-ever trade mission to India, which saw more than 100 companies and organisations travel with the Prime Minister.

Earlier on Wednesday, Starmer met with a key arch...