Option (c) is correct.

About iCET initiative:

• Launched by India and the US in May 2022, and is being run by the National Security Councils of both countries.
• iCET is an Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies, Under iCET, the both countries have identified six areas of cooperation which would include co-development and co-production.
• The six areas for cooperation are scientific research and development; quantum and Artificial Intelligence, defense innovation, space, advanced telecom which would include things like 6G and semiconductors (not rare Earth metals).

Option (d) is correct.

Explanation:

• Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 was enacted in response to India’s global commitment (Vienna Convention) to combat the menace of money laundering. These include:

1. United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 1988
2. Basle Statement of Principles, 1989
3. Forty Recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering, 1990
4. Political Declaration and Global Program of Action adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1990.

• Enforcement Directorate enforces the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002

Option (b) is correct.

Explanation:

• H3N2 virus is a type of influenza virus called the influenza A virus.
• It is also known as Hong Kong flu.
• Air pollution may be one of the reasons for this viral surge.
• It is a respiratory viral infection that causes illnesses every year. This subtype of influenza A virus was discovered in 1968 in humans.
• The virus derives from types of protein strains of the influenza A virus – hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA).
• The symptoms of the H3N2 virus include cough, runny nose or congested nose, sore throat, headaches, body aches, fever, chills, fatigue, diarrhoea, vomiting and breathlessness.

Option (b) is correct.

Explanation: 

• Indian Navy’s major Operational level exercise TROPEX for the year 2023, conducted across the expanse of IOR for four months from Nov 22 – Mar 23, culminated this week in the Arabian Sea.
• Full form: Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise (TROPEX 2023).

Option (c) is correct.

Explanation:

• The Gujarat Forest Department is set to shift 10 Indian grey wolves from a conservation breeding centre at Junagadh’s Sakkarbaug Zoological Park (SZP) to forested areas in north Gujarat and north Saurashtra.
• The release of the captive-bred predators, the Canis lupus pallipes or the Indian peninsular wolf, is an attempt to check the population of wild herbivores, including blue bulls (nilgais), wild boars, etc., which have been causing significant crop damage in these parts.

Option (c) is correct.

Explanation:

• A landslide is defined as the movement of a mass of rock, debris, or earth down a slope.

• They are a type of mass wasting, which denotes any downward movement of soil and rock under the direct influence of gravity.
• The term landslide encompasses five modes of slope movement i.e., falls, topples, slides, spreads, and flows.
• Rudraprayag district, Tehri Garhwal of Uttarakhand and Thrissur of Kerala are the top three most vulnerable districts to landslides.