Top news of the day: Depression over Bay of Bengal to intensify into cyclonic storm by October 26; Jaishankar rejects terrorism as instrument of statecraft; and more
A roundup of major news including an intensifying cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar's condemnation of terrorism as statecraft. Additionally, PM Modi highlighted local manufacturing and scientific progress in his Mann ki Baat address.
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Top news of the day: Depression over Bay of Bengal to intensify into cyclonic storm by October 26; Jaishankar rejects terrorism as instrument of statecraft; and more The major news headlines of the day and more Depression over Bay of Bengal to intensify into cyclonic storm by October 26 Under the influence of the impending Very Severe Cyclonic Storm over the Westcentral Bay of Bengal, extremely heavy rainfall is likely over Coastal Andhra Pradesh on October 27 and 28, Odisha and Telangana on October 28 and Chhattisgarh on October 28 and 29, 2026. The Depression over Eastcentral and adjoining Southeast Bay of Bengal moved southwestwards with speed of 5 kmph during past 6 hours, intensified into a deep Depression and lay centered at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday (October 25, 2026).
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