70th BPSC
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—Feb 1, 1996 = Wednesday

—Feb has 29 days → gap from Feb 1 to Feb 29 = 28 days

—28 days = full weeks → weekday same → Feb 29 = Wednesday

—Mar 1 = Thursday, Mar 2 = Friday, Mar 3 = Saturday

Reclassification

BARYTES , MICA , QUARTZ , FELDSPAR - MINOR TO MAJOR MINERALS

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Global Tiger density :-

1. Bandipur Tiger Reserve (Karnataka) – 19.83 tigers per 100 sq. km (area: 1,456 sq. km)

2. Corbett Tiger Reserve (Uttarakhand) – 19.56 tigers per 100 sq. km (area: 1,288 sq. km)

3. Kaziranga Tiger Reserve (Assam) – 18.65 tigers per 100 sq. km (area: not mentioned in the snippet, but approx. 1,055 sq. km)


Please update…We have mistakenly mentioned Corbett as Rank 1 in terms of tiger density in our magazine

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/kaziranga-has-worlds-third-highest-tiger-density/article69868690.ece/amp/

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Kazakhstan has discovered a major rare earth elements (REE) deposit at the Kuirektykol site in the Karaganda Region, with an estimated 1 million tons of REEs, signalling a potential boost to global clean tech supply chains.

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Answer - west bengal

India's rare-earth ambitions gain momentum as Singrauli coalfields reveal ~250 ppm REEs in coal and ~400 ppm in non-coal layers, including scandium & yttrium. CIL, IIT Hyderabad, IMMT & NFTDC are developing extraction tech. #Mining

https://indianexpress.com/article/news-today/rare-earth-minerals-singrauli-madhya-pradesh-10202295/

8.3 magnitude #Earthquake has occurred at the Drake Passage between Antarctica and South America. Tsunami Warning issued

Punjab
• Continental Device India – OSAT
• Technology Partner: In-house Technology

Assam
• Tata Semiconductor Assembly and Test (TSAT)
• Technology Partner: Indigenous

Uttar Pradesh
• India Chip (HCL–Foxconn) – Advance Packaging
• Technology Partner: Foxconn Han Hai(Taiwan) Technology

Odisha
• SiCSEM – Compound Fab and ATMP
• Technology Partner: Class-SiC UK & CDIL (India)

• 3D Glass – Advance Packaging
• Technology Partner: In-house Technology

Andhra Pradesh
• Advanced System in Package Technologies – OSAT
• Technology Partner: APACT, Korea

Gujarat
1. Micron Semiconductor Technology – ATMP
• Technology Partner: In-house Technology (USA)

2. Tata Semiconductor Manufacturing – Semiconductor Fab
• Technology Partner: TSMC, Taiwan

3. CG Power and Industrial Solutions (CG SEMI) – ATMP
• Technology Partner: Renesas (Japan) & Stars Microelectronics (Thailand)

Karnataka
• Kaynes Semicon – ATMP
• Technology Partner: Gobotronics, Malaysia

India plans to launch the first module of Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS), its own space station, by 2028, marking its entry into the group of nations that operate orbital laboratories.