Centre Holds All-Party Meet on West Asia Crisis; Rahul Gandhi Skips

• The Centre convened an all-party meeting today to discuss the West Asia crisis and its potential fallout, following PM Modi's addresses in Parliament.
• PM Modi urged citizens to prepare for long-lasting impacts of the war, assuring that national interest is paramount and government is alert.
• Rahul Gandhi will launch Congress's election campaign in Kerala with a major rally in Kozhikode, but will skip the all-party meet.
• CPAC's annual event begins in Texas, featuring high-profile Republicans, though Donald Trump will skip it for the first time in a decade.
• Italian PM Giorgia Meloni visits Algeria to secure alternative gas supplies amid disruptions from Qatar, aiming to replace Russian gas.