Singer KK dies in Kolkata following a live concert.
News Digest

News Digest: May 30-June 5, 2022

Round-up
of Top 10 Important News Events

May 30

• Thane police in Maharashtra books BJP leader Nupur Sharma for her alleged objectionable remarks against Prophet Muhammad during a television news debate; party suspends her later along with Delhi media head Naveen Kumar Jindal whose comments on social media ‘vitiated’ communal harmony.

• Enforcement Directorate arrests Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain.

May 31

Singer KK dies in Kolkata following a live concert.

• Singer KK dies in Kolkata following a live concert.

June 2

• Jury awards Johnny Depp $15 million in damages in his libel lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard.

• DGCA imposes Rs.10 lakh fine on Vistara for letting improperly trained pilot land flight at Indore airport.

• Santoor maestro Bhajan Sopori dies in a Delhi hospital.

June 4

• Government asks Twitter and YouTube to remove from their platforms videos of ad of perfume brand that triggered outrage for “promoting sexual violence against women”.

• Twelve workers die after a boiler explodes at a chemical factory at Hapur in Uttar Pradesh.

June 5

• Fifteen people die as bus carrying pilgrims falls into gorge near Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand.

• Five members of family found hanging from ceiling of their house in Bihar’s Samastipur district.

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