Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, returned to the UAE on Tuesday after concluding his official visit to India.
Maharashtra State Minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha was at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport as the UAE delegation departed.
Sheikh Khaled expressed appreciation for the generous hospitality received during his visit, highlighting that it reflected the long-standing ties between the UAE and India, state news agency Wam reported.
The visit was punctuated by the signing of partnerships between UAE and Indian entities, representing both the public and private sectors, that extended the UAE-India Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement established in May 2022.
Sheikh Khaled, also Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, held high-level talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, discussing ways to support co-operation in several sectors.
A reception was held in his honour at Hyderabad House in New Delhi after he landed on Sunday.
On Monday, the Crown Prince visited the shrine of independence leader Mahatma Gandhi, at Raj Ghat memorial in New Delhi, and planted a tree of friendship in celebration of the deep-rooted ties between India and the Emirates. He also met Indian President Droupadi Murmu during a special reception held at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
Sheikh Khaled was accompanied by a high-level delegation, including ministers, senior officials, business leaders and prominent economic partners from the UAE.
Deals agreed at talks
Several strategic agreements were announced, including Adnoc's entry into a 15-year liquefied natural gas agreement with IndianOil, a government-owned oil and gas company.
Adnoc has also signed a framework agreement with Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserve to extend its oil storage agreement and support India’s energy security.
India-UAE Business Forum
On Tuesday, a number of agreements and economic initiatives were announced at the India-UAE Business Forum in Mumbai. It focused on key sectors such as healthcare, biotechnology, renewable energy, sustainability, AI, logistics and supply chains, and agricultural technology.
Notable among them was Abu Dhabi artificial intelligence and cloud company G42's announcement to launch its Hindi large language model.
Abu Dhabi’s LuLu Group also announced its collaboration with India's Agricultural and Processed Food Export Development Authority to procure and import organic produce from India to the UAE. And AD Ports Group, the operator of industrial cities and free zones in Abu Dhabi, partnered with India's Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways to create a virtual trade corridor connecting both countries.
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Sectors: Internet, e-commerce
Investments: Grants/private funding
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Uefa Nations League: How it Works
The Uefa Nations League, introduced last year, has reached its final stage, to be played over five days in northern Portugal. The format of its closing tournament is compact, spread over two semi-finals, with the first, Portugal versus Switzerland in Porto on Wednesday evening, and the second, England against the Netherlands, in Guimaraes, on Thursday.
The winners of each semi will then meet at Porto’s Dragao stadium on Sunday, with the losing semi-finalists contesting a third-place play-off in Guimaraes earlier that day.
Qualifying for the final stage was via League A of the inaugural Nations League, in which the top 12 European countries according to Uefa's co-efficient seeding system were divided into four groups, the teams playing each other twice between September and November. Portugal, who finished above Italy and Poland, successfully bid to host the finals.
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Name: HyperSpace
Started: 2020
Founders: Alexander Heller, Rama Allen and Desi Gonzalez
Based: Dubai, UAE
Sector: Entertainment
Number of staff: 210
Investment raised: $75 million from investors including Galaxy Interactive, Riyadh Season, Sega Ventures and Apis Venture Partners
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