Morning Digest: FIR against activist, Rahul's Gen Z call, Canada tariffs, and more
Here is a roundup of the key national and international stories from Saturday, August 22, 2026.
Police in Latur district have registered a First Information Report against Abhijeet Dipke, convenor of the Cockroach Janta Party, and others for allegedly entering a government school without permission, disrupting official work and threatening teachers. The complaint was filed by Sayyed Shamshadbano Khairatali, a teacher at a Zilla Parishad Urdu school, at Ausa police station.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, addressing his fourth 'Chhatron ki Goonj' event in Pune, urged Gen Z women to “be loud, be proud and fight for your space in society.” He called on them to “smash the patriarchy” before a rousing audience at the AISSMS ground.
Following political controversy over the reconstitution of the NCERT committee that prepares political science textbooks for Classes 11 and 12, newly appointed members said “personal political affiliations will be set aside” to ensure factual and unbiased content.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced retaliatory tariffs on the United States on Saturday, after walking away from a “bad deal” in trade negotiations. The breakdown of talks in Washington has triggered new 50% U.S. tariffs on about $20 billion worth of Canadian goods, or 5.5 per cent of Canadian exports to the U.S.
Justice B.V. Nagarathna of the Supreme Court, in a 147-page dissent, warned that diluting the expansive definition of “industry” in a 1978 judgment could give private companies and corporates free rein over workers, exacerbating the “skewed bargaining power” they wield.
Nancy Kassebaum Baker, the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate without following a spouse into office, died on Friday at the age of 94. The former Kansas senator passed away of natural causes, according to her son, Bill Kassebaum.
An analysis of demographic estimates in Karnataka has found that over 16.38 lakh of the 1.08 crore voters identified under the Absent, Shifted, Duplicate, Dead, and Other (ASDDO) categories have been marked as “dead” — nearly four times the state's average annual deaths recorded between 2002 and 2024.
A fire in the neonatal intensive care unit of a government hospital in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, killed an infant girl with a congenital heart condition and injured two other newborns on Saturday. Officials said the fire broke out in the NICU and the deceased child had a pre-existing heart ailment.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said his party will not break alliances and will contest the upcoming Uttar Pradesh election against the Bharatiya Janata Party, which he accused of pursuing policies that favour big business groups. He made the remarks while announcing plans for a youth manifesto.
Actor and producer Prakash Raj criticised the BJP, saying the recent electoral roll revision (SIR) and delimitation exercises are attempts by the party to remain in power even without people's support.
