Morning Digest: Cyclone Arnab’s landfall process continues along Andhra coast; Israeli election exit polls show narrow edge for Opposition, and more

Cyclone Arnab’s landfall process continues along Andhra coastThe very severe cyclonic storm ‘Arnab’ has begun its landfall process near Narsapur town in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, at around 1.30 a.m. on Wednesday (October 28, 2026). Experts from the India Meteorological Department (IMD), however, said it is too early to indicate the exact location of the landfall.First Israeli election exit polls show narrow edge for OppositionThe first exit polls from Israel’s elections showed the opposition bloc with a slight edge over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s camp as voting ended Tuesday (October 27, 2026), but still shy of an outright majority in the 120-seat Knesset. The country’s main pollsters projected the Opposition bloc to win 52 or 53 seats, and Mr. Netanyahu’s bloc to win 50, although his Likud would be the largest single party in the parliament, with 24 or 25 seats.40 FIRs over anti-SIR protests in Delhi; police scan CCTV footage to identify demonstratorsDelhi Police has registered at least 40 First Information Reports (FIRs) in connection with the protests against the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the national capital since October 10, with teams analysing CCTV footage to identify those involved in the demonstrations, officials told The Hindu.Delhi SIR: Over 94% of electors flagged for discrepancies cleared for final electoral rollOf the 33,14,032 electors issued notices over lack of mapping or logical discrepancies in Delhi’s draft electoral roll, 31,26,576 (94.34%) have been cleared for inclusion in the final roll, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said on Tuesday. Among the 19,34,243 cases involving logical discrepancies, 98.05% have been disposed of. The remaining cases are expected to be settled shortly, the CEO’s office said. Bihar MLC results: BJP win one seat, counting underway on remaining sevenNational Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate on Tuesday (October 27, 2026) representing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Narendra Prasad Singh won the Tirhut teachers constituency seat by defeating independent candidate Bhushan Jha in Bihar Legislative Council polls. Mr. Singh secured 2,945 votes, whereas Mr. Jha received 2,351 votes.Supreme Court needs transparent roster system, says former Judge OkaFormer Supreme Court judge Abhay S. Oka on Tuesday (October 27, 2026) said the roster system followed by the Supreme Court needs to be overhauled to bring greater transparency to the allocation of cases and eliminate the scope for “manual intervention” in their listing.BRICS parliamentary forum expresses ‘deep concern’ about West Asian hostilitiesExpressing ‘deep concern’ about the escalating tension and hostilities in West Asia, parliamentary leaders from the BRICS nations slammed “unilateral coercive measures” and “unilateral economic sanctions” imposed in the region as contrary to international law. A joint declaration issued after deliberations led by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, at the end of the two-day 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum on Tuesday, also reiterated the need for a ‘two-state’ solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict.Brazil’s Flavio Bolsonaro headed to U.S. after losing election, sources sayBrazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has left the country for the United States after losing ​Sunday’s (October 25, 2026) presidential election and refusing to comply with a Supreme Court order to hand over ‌his passports, two sources said.Sonia Gandhi says her memoir is bound to create ‘tamasha’The publication of her memoir is bound to create some “tamasha”, but it will allow her to set the record straight and tell her story, Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi said on Tuesday (October 27, 2026). Last month, HarperCollins India said it will publish Ms. Gandhi’s 544-page memoir “Belonging: A Journey of Love” in India on November 10, ending the uncertainty over the book’s domestic publication following an “impasse” between the author’s representatives and Penguin Random House India (PRHI).WPL auction: Sneh among biggest names in the fraySneh is among the biggest names at this auction. Others include Australia’s T20 World Cup-winning captain Sophie Molineux, her compatriots Grace Harris and Jess Jonassen, Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu and England opener Sophia Dunkley.