India news: Cyclone Arnab brings heavy rain, disruption

https://p. dw. com/p/5Ol1f Visuals of the storm circulating on social media showed roads littered with felled trees and damage to propertiesImage: Noah Seelam/AFP Skip next section What you need to knowWhat you need to know Cyclone Arnab makes prolonged landfall along coast of Andhra Pradesh New study says India among top countries with highest heatwave exposure for infants and elderly Here's a roundup of the biggest news from India on Wednesday, October 28:  Tired of missing our real-time updates? add us as a Preferred Source on Google. Then tap the "Star" or "Preferred" to keep DW News at the top of your feed. Skip next section Jio Platforms becomes second-most valuable firm on stock market debut10/28/2026October 28, 2026Jio Platforms becomes second-most valuable firm on stock market debut Shares of Jio Platforms, a Reliance Industries-backed digital services company owned by India's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, listed on the India stock exchanges with a premium of over 21%. That instantly made the company the second most valuable on the exchanges. Jio's telecommunications business serves over 530 million customers and is backed ​and Alphabet's Google. Its user numbers are second only to China Mobile on the basis of ​single-country subscribers. The listing, the first for the Reliance conglomerate in two decades, ​furthers Ambani's ‌plan to turn Reliance from an oil-and-chemicals conglomerate into an "everything company" spanning consumer products and technology. The listing was attended , that is Mukesh Ambani himself, his wife Nita, eldest son Akash and other children Isha and Anant. The family patriarch was seen in tears as his youngest son Anant traced Jio's journey in a speech at the ceremony. Meanwhile, major Indian newspapers on Wednesday carried front-page ads from Reliance Jio, ⁠saying "Thank you, India." India has ​become the world's busiest IPO market this year in terms of the number of deals, with 246 listings so far, though it ranked fourth $13.5 billion, behind the US, mainland China and Hong Kong, LSEG data showed. Mukesh Ambani: Battle for India’s telecom market To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video https://p. dw. com/p/5Ol92 Skip next section High winds, storm surges as Arnab makes landfall10/28/2026October 28, 2026High winds, storm surges as Arnab makes landfall The center of cyclone Arnab had made it to land, authorities told local media on Wednesday morning, as it crawls further inland at 4 kilometers per hour (2.5 miles per hour).