Bappi Lahiri
News Digest

News Digest: February 14-20, 2022

Round-up
of Top 10 Important News Events

February 14

• Supreme Court allows CBI to probe suicide case of 17-year-old girl in Thanjavur. The Tamil Nadu DGP had approached the apex court challenging the Madras High Court order in this regard.

• Ilker Ayci appointed CEO & MD of Air India.

February 15

• Legendary Bengali singer Sandhya Mukherjee, 90, passes away following cardiac arrest.

• Punjabi actor Deep Sidhu dies in a road accident.

February 16

• India’s Disco King Bappi Lahiri dies at the age of 69.

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• Enforcement Directorate files money laundering case against ABG Shipyard, promoters in over Rs 22,842- crore alleged bank loan fraud case.

February 17

• Karnataka government bans hijab, saffron scarf in schools managed by the minority welfare department.

February 18

• A special court in Ahmedabad sentenced 38 convicts to death in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blast case. Eleven others were sentenced to life in jail till death.

• CBI questions Ex- National Stock Exchange (NSE) chief Chitra Ramakrishna, accused of sharing confidential information with a Himalayan ‘yogi’.

February 20

• India beat West Indies by 17 runs to sweep the T20 series 3-0.

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