Morning Digest: FIR registered against Dipke for ‘entering government school without permission, threatening teachers’; Rahul tells Gen Z girls to fight for their space; and more

FIR registered against Abhijeet Dipke for ‘entering government school without permission, threatening teachers’

Police in the district have registered a case against Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) convenor Abhijeet Dipke and others for allegedly entering a government school without permission, disrupting official work and threatening teachers. The First Information Report (FIR) was registered at Ausa police station on a complaint filed by Sayyed Shamshadbano Khairatali (53), a teacher at a Zilla Parishad Urdu school.

Be loud, be proud, fight for your space, Rahul Gandhi tells Gen Z girls

In his fourth ‘Chhatron ki Goonj’ address, held in Pune on Saturday (August 22, 2026) and his first in Maharashtra, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi urged the Gen Z women to “smash” the patriarchy. “Be loud, be proud and fight for your space in society,” he told the girl students at the AISSMS ground on Saturday (August 22, 2026) evening amid a rousing welcome.

Amid controversy, NCERT team head promises to bring out factual, unbiased textbooks

Following a political controversy over the reconstitution of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) committee that brings out political science textbooks for Classes 11 and 12, members of the newly formed panel have said “personal political affiliations will be set aside” while working on the books.

Canada retaliates as trade war with U.S. escalates

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced retaliatory tariffs on the United States on Saturday (August 22, 2026), after walking away from a “bad deal” on trade in a deepening rift between the longtime allies. Negotiations between the neighbouring countries broke down on Friday (August 21, 2026) in Washington, putting into force new 50% U.S. tariffs impacting about $20 billion worth of goods, or 5.5% of Canadian exports to the United States.

Justice Nagarathna’s dissent warns of tearing the frayed safety net of labour law

At the heart of Justice B.V. Nagarathna’s 147-page poignant dissent is a stark foreboding that dismantling the expansive definition of ‘industry’ in a 1978 judgment may give free rein to the “skewed bargaining power” that the private sector and corporates wield over workers.

Nancy Kassebaum Baker, former U.S. senator from Kansas, dies at 94

Nancy Kassebaum Baker, a Kansas governor’s daughter who became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate without following a spouse into office, has died. She was 94. Kassebaum Baker died Friday (August 21, 2026) of natural causes, according to her son, Bill Kassebaum.

SIR reports 16.38 lakh deceased voters, four times Karnataka’s average annual deaths

Of the over 1.08 crore voters identified till August 17, under the Absent, Shifted, Duplicate, Dead, and Other (ASDDO) categories in Karnataka, over 16.38 lakh have been marked as “dead” – the figure is nearly four times the average number of deaths recorded in the State in a year, according to an analysis of demographic estimates done for the period between 2002 and 2024.

Infant dead, two injured in fire at NICU in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara

An infant was killed, and two other newborns suffered burn injuries after a fire broke out in the neonatal ICU (NICU) at the government district hospital in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara, officials said on Saturday (August 22, 2026). Officials said the deceased newborn was a girl child who had a congenital heart condition.

Samajwadi Party plans youth manifesto for U.P. poll; party won’t break alliances

Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday (August 22, 2026) said his party would not break alliances, asserting that its fight was against the Bharatiya Janata Party, which he accused of pursuing policies benefiting big business groups. Addressing presspersons at the party headquarters in Lucknow, Mr. Yadav said the SP had always honoured its commitments.

SIR, delimitation are BJP’s attempts to remain in power even without people’s support: Prakash Raj

Actor and producer Prakash Raj on Saturday (August 22, 2026) alleged that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and delimitation of constituencies were attempts by the BJP to consolidate its hold on power by undermining the voting rights of people.

Assam, Meghalaya seek end to standoff

Assam and Meghalaya on Saturday (August 22, 2026) sought an end to the standoff between people of the two States following the violence during a “black flag bike rally” organised by the Khasi Students’ Union in Shillong on August 19, 2026.