Google invited to set up GCC in Bihar
• Bihar invited Google to establish a Global Capability Centre (GCC) in the state under Bihar GCC Policy, 2026.
• GCCs are offshore strategic centres of multinational companies for IT, AI, cloud computing, R&D, analytics and business services.
• Policy Incentives: Capital subsidy up to 30% of investment (maximum ₹50 crore).
• Employment-linked subsidy: Up to 200 employees; 50% (1st year), 40% (2nd year), 30% (3rd year).
• Objective: Make Bihar a technology, innovation and research hub and boost local employment.

A Global Capability Centre (GCC) is an overseas strategic branch of a multinational company that serves as a global talent and innovation hub for AI, cloud computing, R&D and data analytics.

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India’s floating solar photovoltaic (FSPV) potential has been assessed at 102.18 GWp by NISE, taking the country’s total assessed solar potential to 3,445 GWp; Maharashtra ranks first (16.28 GW), followed by Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka.

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Amul (GCMMF) plans to establish a modern milk processing plant at Fatuha (Patna), Bihar with an investment of about ₹200 crore.

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Meta and Reliance Industries will jointly develop India’s first AI-enabled, built-to-suit data centre for Meta, a 168 MW facility in Jamnagar (Gujarat)

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• MH-60R ‘Romeo’ is a US-origin multi-role naval helicopter used for Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) and Anti-Surface Warfare (ASuW).
• India has received 21 of 24 MH-60R helicopters contracted from the USA.
• Procured through the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) route.
• Equipped with dipping sonar, sonobuoys, Mk-54 torpedoes and Hellfire missiles.

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Updated till 14 June 2026 | Current + Static + PYQ Integration | Prepared as per recent BPSC & A.E.D.O. pattern

Release Date : 14.06.2026

Valley of Flowers –
• Valley of Flowers National Park is located in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand.
• Situated at an altitude of over 3,600 metres.
• Recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• The Pushpawati River flows through the centre of the valley.
• Important flora: Himalayan Blue Poppy, Cobra Lily, Brahma Kamal(state flower- Uttarakhand)
• Ghangaria serves as the main base camp for Valley of Flowers.
• Located near the confluence of Bhyundar Ganga and Pushpawati rivers.
• Hemkund Sahib (4,632 m) lies about 6 km from Ghangaria and is regarded as the world’s highest Sikh Gurudwara.
• Mana village, near the trek route, is known as India’s last village before the Tibet border.
• Mana is inhabited by the Marcha community.

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PM Modi’s France–Slovakia Visit 2026:

Nice (France) will host the first leg of PM Modi’s France visit at the invitation of President Emmanuel Macron.
• VivaTech 2026 is Europe’s leading technology and startup conference, held annually in Paris, France.
• India will showcase its innovation ecosystem through Bharat Innovates, highlighting startups, DPI (Digital Public Infrastructure), and emerging technologies.
• PM Modi will participate in the G7 Summit Outreach Session in France (16–17 June); India is not a G7 member but is invited as an outreach partner.
• Key discussion themes: critical minerals supply chains, global growth, international development, online safety, and organised crime.
• Slovakia became an independent country on 1 January 1993 after the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia (“Velvet Divorce”).
• PM Modi’s visit will be the first-ever visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Slovakia since its independence in 1993.

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Welfare economist and activist Jean Drèze was honored with the 2026 Global Inequality Research Award (GiRA) at the World Inequality Conference in Paris for his extensive work on poverty, inequality, and social policy in India.

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