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But as the US aims to build resilience against China’s semiconductor industry – vital for modern technology – the deal gives a renewed fillip to India.

They are a morale-lifting fillip for the party of the new arrival, and debilitating for the party the MP has left, particularly when it's from the governing to the main opposition party.

Whether this potential blockbuster gives a fillip to the lacklustre IPO market remains to be seen, after some high-profile public debuts this year failed to impress.

But it'd be a massive fillip for Mr Sunak and a huge dividing line with Labour - who have said they'd scrap the scheme if they came into government and it was already operational.

India's successful mission last month to land a spacecraft on the moon is another factor that feeds into the country's feel-good image and gives Modi a fillip, they said.