The Hindu Morning Digest: October 11, 2025

Trump says weighing ‘massive increase’ in tariffs on Chinese imports

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday (October 10, 2025) said there no reason to meet with China’s President Xi Jinping in two weeks in South Korea as planned, adding in a Truth Social post that the U.S. is calculating a massive increase in tariffs on Chinese imports.

Powerful blast at Tennessee military explosives plant rattles homes miles away

A powerful blast ripped through a military explosives manufacturing plant in rural Tennessee on Friday (October 10, 2025) morning, rattling homes miles away and bringing emergency responders to the scene, authorities and residents said.

4-day training for first phase of Census 2027 pre-test starts in Delhi

A four-day training to conduct the pre-test exercise for the first phase of the Population Census 2027 has started, the Registrar General and Census Commissioner (RG & CCI) said on Friday (October 10, 2025).

Taliban will not allow terrorists to use Afghan territory, says Muttaqi

The Taliban will not allow Afghan territory to be used against any country, said Amir Khan Muttaqi, Foreign Minister of the Taliban administration in Afghanistan.

There is a difference between refugees and infiltrators: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday (October 10, 2025), while defending the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, said that in many regions of the country up to 30% “infiltrators” have been caught.

Karur stampede: Were autopsies done in four hours, asks Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Friday (October 10, 2025) asked the Tamil Nadu government if the post-mortems of those who died in the Karur stampede were conducted in just three to four hours after the tragedy.

No animal sacrifice in Tirupparankundram for now: third judge

Justice R. Vijayakumar of the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, the tie-breaker judge in the Tirupparankundram hillock case in which a Division Bench had delivered a split verdict, on Friday concurred with the view of Justice S. Srimathy, one of the two members of the Division Bench, that animal sacrifice, cooking, carrying, or serving non-vegetarian food cannot be permitted on the hills for now. 

Cough syrup deaths: Central officials did not carry out drug inspections in T.N. for 6 years, says Health Minister

In a sharp rebuttal to accusations that Tamil Nadu fell short in drug inspections, Health Minister Ma. Subramanian stated that the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation’s (CDSCO) officials had not carried out any inspections in the State for six years.

Trump’s quest for Nobel Peace Prize falls short despite high-profile nominations

President Donald Trump was passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday (October 10, 2025) despite jockeying from his fellow Republicans, various world leaders and — most vocally — himself.

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s remarks on SIR process signal ‘incitement of violence’, alleges BJP

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday (October 10, 2025) objected to remarks made by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, alleging that her “dangerous” statement indirectly signalled an “incitement of violence”.