Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a meeting with UK Prime Minister Theresa May at the G20 summit in Hangzhou, China on Monday. Photo: PTIHangzhou: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday raised with French President Francois Hollande the leak of confidential data on the Indian Scorpene Class submarines being built in Mumbai in collaboration with the French defence company DCNS on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou. In his meeting with Hollande, Modi raised the leak of sensitive data related to Scorpene Class submarines. With May, the prime minister underlined that even after UK’s exit from the EU, “Britain remains an important partner” for India. In particular he said that the new UK regulations could have negative impact on Indian working professionals wishing to visit UK for short term business visits,” the sources said.

Source: Mint September 05, 2016 10:30 UTC