NEW DELHI, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- India and Israel on Monday signed as many as nine agreements in areas such as cyber security, science and technology, air transport, film production, oil and natural gas, solar thermal technologies, space technology and homeopathic medicine.

The agreements were inked in the presence of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his visiting Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu in Delhi. This is Netanyahu's first state visit to India, after Modi visited Israel last year.

Both sides also held delegation-level talks in the Indian capital city Monday morning.

Earlier, Netanyahu and his wife Sara paid a visit to India's Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi's memorial "Rajghat" where the couple paid tributes.

Landing in Delhi on Sunday, Netanyahu and his delegation are slated to stay in India for six days. During their stay, they are scheduled to visit several places, including the Taj Mahal in northern state of Uttar Pradesh, and Ahmedabad in Modi's home state of Gujarat.