India’s first AI-based Data Centre Park is being developed in Nava Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

Spearheaded by RackBank Datacenters Pvt. Ltd., the 13.5-acre facility aims to establish digital sovereignty by providing indigenous, high-speed GPU computing infrastructure tailored for artificial intelligence and big data analytics

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Aston Villa won the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League by defeating SC Freiburg 3–0 in the final at Istanbul; it was Villa’s first major trophy since 1996 and first European title since 1982.

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• World Cities Report 2026 released by UN-Habitat.

• Around 40% of global population (3.4 billion people) affected by housing crisis.

• Cities expected to absorb additional 2 billion people by 2050.

• Global price-to-income ratio rose from 9.3 (2010) to 11.2 (2023).

• Central & South Asia (including India) recorded very high ratio of 16.8.

• Mumbai and Delhi price-to-income ratios: 14.3 and 10.1 respectively.

• Report released at World Urban Forum, Baku (Azerbaijan).

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Banda (Uttar Pradesh) became India’s hottest district in May 2026, recording 48.2°C on 19 May - its highest temperature since 1951; it lies in the drought-prone Bundelkhand region on the Ken River.

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Gaya will become the first city in Bihar to get a regular scheduled direct international flight service, with IndiGo operating the Gaya–Bangkok route.

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• International Booker Prize 2025 was won by Taiwanese author Yang Shuang-zi and translator Lin King for Taiwan Travelogue - the first winning work translated from Mandarin and the first by a Taiwanese author.

• Taiwan Travelogue was originally published in Mandarin in 2020 and had earlier won Taiwan’s highest literary award.

• International Booker Prize is awarded annually in the London for a book translated into English; prize money (£50,000) is shared equally between author and translator.

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Goddard Astronautics Award 2026 --> to Chandrayaan 3

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BSF’s first-ever all-women Mount Everest Expedition was conducted under “Mission Vande Mataram”.

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Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment launched the JEEVAN App for senior citizens and SHATAYU Dashboard for geriatric caregivers.

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