(1) Cockroach Janta Party calls for Education Minister’s resignation
The Cockroach Janta Party, an online movement that gained pace earlier this year, held a protest in Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Saturday last week (June 6, 2026) calling for the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan for lapses in examinations and recruitment tests. Activist Sonam Wangchuk joined the protest, saying that he would undertake a six-week fast if the CJP’s founder was arrested.
This follows the leaking of the NEET undergraduate examination paper, which led to a re-test. In May, the CBSE’s on-screen marking failed, leading to faulty evaluations of Class 12 papers. The government had rolled out digital marking of papers for the first time this year, with private company Coempt Eduteck facilitating the technical infrastructure. The company came under scanner after a student revealed irregularities in the tendering process.
The CJP’s founder Abhijeet Dipke started the CJP’s page in response to the Chief Justice of India Surya Kant’s remarks that India’s unemployed youth were akin to “cockroaches.” The page gained a massive following quickly, overshadowing that of established political parties by a wide margin.
The protest ended peacefully. Six people were detained by the Delhi police.
(2) Domestic LPG price hiked by ₹29 per 14.2-kg cylinder
In the second such increase since the West Asia conflict commenced late February, prices of domestic liquified petroleum gas (LPG) were hiked ₹29 per cylinder on Sunday (June 7, 2026) — taking the effective price to ₹942 per cylinder in Delhi.
The latest hike implied that price of the 14.2-kg cylinder — meant for domestic consumers have increased ₹89 per cylinder cumulatively since the conflict broke out. Prices were last hiked by ₹60 per cylinder on March 7.
Other than domestic LPG, prices of commercial LPG and the 5-kg FTL were kept unaltered on Sunday (June 7, 2026). Prices of the two cylinder variants have cumulatively increased ₹1,345 per cylinder and ₹323 per cylinder respectively across multiple tranches.
(3) White Paper puts Kerala’s liabilities at ₹5.07-lakh crore
The White Paper on Kerala’s finances, tabled in the State Legislative Assembly on Thursday (June 4, 2026), painted a grim picture of the state’s fiscal health, stating that the new United Democratic Front (UDF) government had inherited a severe financial crisis marked by mounting debt, rising liabilities, and persistent treasury stress.
The report’s key findings revealed that Kerala’s total public debt has reached ₹5.07 lakh crore, while nearly 77% of the state’s revenue is being spent on committed expenditures such as salaries, pensions, and interest payments, leaving limited fiscal space for developmental activities.
The report noted that capital expenditure on development remains among the lowest in the country. It said Kerala’s capital expenditure stands at just 1.3% of its Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP), one of the lowest among Indian States, despite the State running one of the highest fiscal deficits. It further highlighted the severity of the treasury crisis, stating that the State relied on Ways and Means Advances for 262 days in 2025 and remained in overdraft for 84 days during the year.
Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan said his government had also inherited pending liabilities amounting to ₹48,733 crore, including dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR) arrears payable to government employees and pensioners.
“The people of Kerala have a right to know the true state of the state’s finances. The information contained in the document is already available in the public domain. There is no confidential or classified material included in it. The government sought the assistance of three experts while preparing the White Paper. However, it was the Finance Department that prepared the document,” the Chief Minister said in the Assembly.
(4) 13 foreigners among dead in Delhi hotel fire
Twenty-one people, including 13 foreign nationals, died in a blaze that ripped through a hotel in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar on Wednesday (June 3, 2026) morning, officials said. At least 47 people were pulled out from the fire and taken to nearby hospitals for treatment.
Of the 13, four were from Nigeria, three from Kyrgyzstan, and one each from Mozambique, Uzbekistan, Bangladesh, Congo, Liberia, and Iraq, according to MEA’s official spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal.
About 20-22 foreign nationals have sustained injuries in the fire incident, he said.
The fire at the Flourish Stay B&B in Hauz Rani in Malviya Nagar started around 8.30 a.m. on Wednesday. It quickly spread through the five-floor narrow building that had only one entry-exit point, permanently sealed windows, and a sensor-operated main door — factors which combined to turn the building into a virtual death trap.
Officials said the hotel was operating without clearance from the Fire Department. Lovkesh Bajaj, the owner of the building, was apprehended by the police. A first information report (FIR) was registered against him under Sections 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 326 (mischief by fire) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
(5) Shreyas Iyer replaces Suryakumar Yadav as India T20 captain
The selectors on Saturday (June 6, 2026) officially announced that Shreyas Iyer will be captain of the T20 international side. Shreyas Iyer replaces Suryakumar Yadav, who has won the T20 World Cup, as the captain.
Middle-order batter Tilak Varma will be Shreyas’ deputy, while pacer Prince Yadav, who had an impressive season for Lucknow Super Giants, was drafted for the series against England and Ireland.
At 15 years and 71 days old, Sooryavanshi becomes the youngest ever player to feature in an Indian cricket team, surpassing the long-standing record held by the great Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar was 16 years and 205 days when he made his Test debut against Pakistan at Karachi on November 15, 1989.
Shreyas’ impressive leadership credentials in the IPL — leading KKR to title in 2024 and PBKS to final in 2025 — along with two seasons of consistent outings with the bat prompted the selectors to zero in on him to replace T20 World Cup 2026 winning captain Suryakumar.
Suryakumar not just lost the captaincy but also his place in the squad.
Agarkar said Suryakumar’s dipping form over the last two seasons in some way dictated their decision to remove the Mumbaikar from the T20 captaincy, but it was not the only reason.
“With regards to Surya, obviously it’s a tough one having just won the (T20) World Cup. But as it happens after most World Cups, we try and reassess what your best way forward is,” Agarkar said.
India will travel to Ireland for two T20Is (June 26 and 28), followed by a five-match T20I series against England between July 1 and 11.
Shreyas has returned to the national T20 side for the first time after competing against Australia in Bengaluru on December 3, 2023.
Published – June 08, 2026 01:20 pm IST