Here are the top news for the day from The Hindu's Morning Digest, on February 21, 2026

Trump signs 10% global tariff after stinging U.S Supreme Court rebuke

President Donald Trump on Friday (February 20, 2026) to signed a 10% tariff ‘on all Countries’ after the Supreme Court handed him a stinging rebuke by striking down his signature economic policy. The conservative-majority top court ruled six-three that a 1977 law known as the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) Mr. Trump has relied on “does not authorize the president to impose tariffs.”

Amid SIR exercise, Home Ministry notifies another panel to clear pending CAA applications in West Bengal

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday (February 20, 2026) notified another empowered committee comprising Census, postal and Intelligence Bureau (IB) officials in West Bengal to fast-track hundreds of pending citizenship applications under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) amid the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the State.

Supreme Court asks judicial officers to be deployed for West Bengal SIR