Trump's man Marco Rubio arrives in Kolkata, to meet PM Modi in Delhi later today

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• US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Kolkata on Saturday, beginning his first official visit to India ahead of key talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi later in the day.
• Rubio’s four-day India tour, which runs from May 23 to 26, comes amid growing strategic engagement between New Delhi and Washington on trade, defence, energy and Indo-Pacific cooperation.
• His arrival in Kolkata also marks the first visit by a US Secretary of State to the city in 14 years, after then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton travelled there in 2012. Read Full Story Confirming Rubio’s arrival, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor wrote on X that the American diplomat would later meet PM Modi in Delhi.
• “Trade, Technology, Defense, QUAD, and many other items to discuss and advance over the next few days,” he said.
• While the US State Department has not officially released Rubio’s Kolkata...