The Hindu Morning Digest: January 25, 2026

Trump threatens Canada with 100% tariffs over its new trade deal with China

President Donald Trump on Saturday (January 24, 2026) threatened to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if America’s northern neighbour went ahead with its trade deal with China. Mr. Trump said in a social media post that if Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney “thinks he is going to make Canada a Drop Off Port’ for China to send goods and products into the United States, he is sorely mistaken.”

Election Commission uploads names of people on logical discrepancies list

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday (January 26, 2026) uploaded on its website the names of people on the list of SIR logical discrepancies list following an order of the Supreme Court, a poll panel official said. The district electoral officers will now download the list and display it on panchayat bhavans and block offices as directed by the court.

U.S. envoys Kushner, Witkoff in Israel for talks on Gaza: U.S. official

U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff arrived in Israel on Saturday (January 24, 2026), where they were set to hold talks on Gaza’s future, an American official told reporters. Mr. Kushner and Mr. Witkoff were due to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the official said and were working to “determine what are the right next steps, so that we can keep the ceasefire and turn it into a long and enduring peace in Gaza”.

SIR rollout in remaining States soon: CEC Gyanesh Kumar

Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Saturday (January 24, 2026) said the special intensive revision of voters’ lists in the remaining States will be rolled out soon, as he described “pure” electoral rolls as the bedrock of democracy. On the eve of the Election Commission’s foundation day — also celebrated as National Voters’ Day — Mr. Kumar said the revision exercise is presently being conducted “smoothly” in 12 States and Union territories.

Ahead of Budget Session, government convenes all-party meet on January 27

Ahead of the Budget Session of Parliament, the government has called an all-party meeting on January 27 to discuss the legislative and other agendas. The Budget Session will begin on January 28, with President Droupadi Murmu’s address to the joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

Home Ministry to display tableau on three new criminal laws at Republic Day parade

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will present a tableau highlighting the nationwide implementation of the three new criminal laws — the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam — on Republic Day. The laws came into force on July 1, 2024.

CBSE makes appointment of socio-emotional, career counsellors mandatory in all affiliated schools

In a significant policy reform aimed at strengthening students’ mental health and providing them with career guidance, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has made the appointment of socio-emotional and career counsellors mandatory in all affiliated schools.

Citing threat to public order, MHA orders blocking of Manipur killing video

Based on a request from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), social media intermediaries such as YouTube, Meta, and Google have been directed to take down the viral video of the January 21 killing of a 29-year-old man in Manipur’s Churachandpur, on the grounds that its circulation was “likely to disturb public order”. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) issued the blocking order on January 22 after receiving the request from the MHA’s Nodal Officer.

Nipah scare: RT-PCR tests conducted on bats at Kolkata zoo

Amid concerns over a possible Nipah virus threat, bats at Kolkata’s Alipore Zoo are undergoing RT-PCR testing to rule out infection, an official said on Saturday (January 24, 2026). A team from the National Institute of Medical Research collected blood and swab samples from bats at the zoo for over two days and left soon after completing the process, a senior official of the State Forest Department said.

Man shot during Minneapolis immigration crackdown has died, hospital record shows

Federal immigration officers shot and killed a man on Saturday (January 24, 2026) in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of protesters in a city already shaken by another fatal shooting weeks earlier. The details surrounding the shooting weren’t immediately clear, but Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said the person was shot amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. A hospital record obtained by The Associated Press states that a 51-year-old man who was shot by immigration officers had died.