India, UK hold maritime drills ahead of British PM’s New Delhi visit

India and the UK have been holding maritime drills for three days, ahead of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s visit to India starting on Wednesday. According to India’s Ministry of Defence, the bilateral Exercise Konkan-25 by the Indian Navy and the UK Royal Navy commenced on Sunday, off the western coast of India. The British High Commission in India said on X that it is a “historic first” that “the UK and the Indian carrier strike groups linking up”.