Cyclone Tauktae moves northwards; US reaches out to Arab leaders on Israel-Gaza conflict; more

As cyclone Tauktae moves northwards, an alert has been issued in Delhi- NCR, with strong winds and rains expected in the next 48 hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday. The IMD has issued an orange colour-coded warning for National Capital Region (NCR) for Wednesday with a forecast of rains and squally winds of 50-60 kilometres per hour. A western disturbance is also affecting parts of north India and the two weather systems are expected to bring rains. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his envoy reached out to Palestinian and regional Arab leaders on Tuesday as attacks between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers raged on, maintaining what the Biden administration is calling its quiet diplomacy while still declining to press for an immediate cease-fire. Blinken said he had spoken to the foreign ministers of Morocco and Bahrain, two Arab countries that recently have moved to normalize relations with Israel, while US envoy Hady Amr in Israel spoke with Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Watch India First with Gaurav Sawant for more!