The Statesman Kolkata - February 14, 2025

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February 14, 2025

PM meets Tulsi Gabbard, US NSA, Elon Musk ahead of talks with Donald Trump

Ahead of his crucial talks with President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held key meetings with the newly appointed US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard (photo), US National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and Tesla CEO and head of the Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk, in Washington on Wednesday and Thursday.

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Parliament adjourned, to reconvene on 10 March

Parliament was adjourned on Thursday and will reconvene on 10 March, in the second and final half of the Budget session.

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President's Rule Imposed in Manipur

After BJP MLAs in state failed to reach consensus on Biren successor

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Government calls high-level meeting to address tea industry's concerns

The meeting comesin the wake of arecentstate governmentgazette notification issued on 11 February 2025, highlighting the unauthorised use of banned orrestricted pesticides in tea gardens

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TMC plans to move EC over bogus voters

The ruling Trinamul Congress is gearing up to move the Election Commission on alleged bogus voters. This, after chief minister Mamata Banerjee expressed apprehensions on Wednesday that bogus voters may vitiate the voters' list ahead of 2026 Assembly polls.

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Abhishek writes to Meta over missing ‘TMC’ in his bio

A complaint has been filed on behalf of Abhishek Banerjee, the Diamond Harbour MP and Trinamul Congress national general secretary with Meta for unauthorised access to his official Facebook page and alteration of his personal information.

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Five third-year nursing students booked in Kerala ragging case

It will be investigated whether there are more victims in the incident at the Govt College of Nursing in Kottayam

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Tamil Nadu govt launches door-to-door leprosy detection campaign

The Tamil Nadu Health Department commenced a statewide leprosy case detection campaign to screen suspected cases on Thursday.

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A Survey Decoded

The unduly optimistic tone of Economic Survey 2025-26 jars at times. Facts not conforming to the authors' narrative are sometimes not mentioned at all, or deliberately obfuscated, an example being the chapter on India's social sector that does not bifurcate social sector expenditure between the Centre and States which would have revealed that the Centre's spending on health and education was declining in percentage terms and schemes for these saw a big decrease in budget allocation in real terms.

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Widespread Egg Rationing Sweeps US Stores Amid Bird Flu Crisis

More US grocery chains are implementing egg purchase limits as bird flu outbreaks continue to disrupt supplies, with California shoppers particularly feeling the squeeze through restricted purchases and early morning queues.

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Afghan Migrants Call for Immediate Halt in Repressive Action by Pakistani Authorities

Thousands of Afghan migrants, who have taken refuge in Pakistan, have called for an immediate pause in action directed at them by police authorities in Islamabad and Rawalpindi.

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Adani Group withdraws from Lankan wind energy projects

Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) officially announced on Thursday that it has withdrawn from two planned wind power projects in Sri Lanka citing recent developments in project negotiations.

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CRPF jawan kills 2 colleagues, himself

A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan posted in Manipur opened fire on Thursday inside a camp in Lamsang under Imphal West District shooting dead two of his colleagues and injured eight others before taking his own life, police said.

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Valentine's Day: Tracing Roots

\"From your Valentine,\" was supposedly written by a priest to the daughter of his jailor before being martyred by Roman Emperor Claudius II Gothicus.

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