India and Canada signal renewed diplomatic momentum as Modi and Carney meet in Johannesburg, boost trade talks, advance technology partnerships and ease tensions after the 2023-24 rift.

India and Canada have agreed to reopen the Free Trade Agreement aimed to increase trade to USD 50 billion by year 2030 said Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, deepening the trust between the two nations and other strategic elements.

Canadian ties cratered in 2018, when China detained two Canadians in what’s widely viewed here as hostage diplomacy. Canadian security officials have accused Beijing of espionage, interfering in elections and threatening critics here.

Reflecting on India's stance, India's High Commissioner to Canada, Dinesh Patnaik, told CBC News in a recent interview how India has provided intelligence to Canada on purported anti-Indian activities on Canadian soil,

Air India and Air Canada on Dec. 2 will reinstate their codeshare agreement, which had been suspended during the Covid-19 pandemic, Air India announced.

India, Australia, and Canada on Saturday announced a trilateral technology and innovation partnership after Prime Ministers Antony Albanese, Mark Carney and Narendra Modi met on the sidelines of the G20 Summit at Johannesburg in South Africa.

Canada’s Bill C-3 has received royal assent, removing the second-generation cut-off and allowing thousands of Indian-origin families to regain or pass on citizenship. Here’s how the new rules, including the “substantial connection test,

Indian applicants are seeing mixed trends in Canada’s latest visa processing updates. Study permits from India now take around four weeks, but in-Canada extensions still stretch to 12 weeks. Work permits remain steady at ten weeks,