Option (c) is correct

Explanation

• (July 29) is celebrated world over as the International Tiger Day in a bid to raise awareness on various issues surrounding tiger conservation. 
  • It was first instituted in 2010 at the Tiger Summit in St Petersburg, russia.
• Statement 1 is Correct:Project Tiger was launched by the PM Indira Gandhi on April 1, 1973 from  Jim Corbett National Park, Uttrakhand.
• It not only focused on the conservation of the tiger but also ensured the preservation of their natural habitat as tigers are at the top of the food chain. 
• Statement 2 is Correct: 
  • Protection Status of Tiger:
    • Schedule I: Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972
    • Endangered: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List
    • Appendix I: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

Option (d) is correct

Explanation:

• Recently, Indian military aircraft visited Australia’s Cocos (Keeling) Islands to enhance strategic reach and interoperability with Australia.

Option (c) is correct

Explanation

• The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released its “State of Climate in Asia 2022” report, which indicates that Asia holds the unfortunate distinction of being the most disaster-prone region globally.
• Statement 1 is Correct:As the ocean warms and expands and glaciers, ice caps and ice sheets melt, sea levels rise. From 2013-2022, the global average sea level rose at a rate of 4.6 mm per year. 
  • The rates of sea level rise across most of Asia are higher than the global mean rate over 1993-2022 (3.4 ± 0.3 mm per year).
• Statement 2 is Correct: In many areas surrounding Asia, the sea surface is warming at rates of more than 0.5°C per decade, approximately 3x faster than the global warming rate. 
  • The Barents Sea, a part of the Arctic Ocean, is identified as a climate change hotspot, with regional warming five-seven times the global warming average.

Option (d) is correct

Explanation

• The Central African Republic voted in a referendum on a new constitution that would allow President Faustin-Archange Touadera to seek a third term in a country.
• The Central African Republic or CAR is located in Central Africa in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres of the Earth.
• CAR is a landlocked nation that is bordered by Chad, Sudan, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, and Cameroon.
• Capital: Bangui

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Option (a) is correct

Explanation

The Biwako Millennium Framework (BMF) 

• It is a regional framework for action that provides policy recommendations for governments and stakeholders in Asia and the Pacific to achieve an inclusive, barrier-free and rights-based society for persons with disabilities in the decade 2003-2012. 
  • It identifies seven priority areas for action in the new decade: 
    • self-help organizations of persons with disabilities and related family and parent associations; 
    • women with disabilities; 
    • early detection, early intervention and education; training and employment, including self-employment; 
    • access to built environments and public transport; 
    • access to information and communications, including information, communication and assistive technologies; 
    • poverty alleviation through capacity-building, social security and sustainable livelihood programmes.