Option (d) is correct

Explanation:

• Recently, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched Aditya L-1, its first space-based mission to study the Sun, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
• Statement 1 is correct:The solar probe will be carried into space by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in ‘XL’ configuration. PSLV is one of the most reliable and versatile workhorse rockets of ISRO.
• Key Objectives: 
  • Statement 2 is correct:To study the upper atmospheric layers of the Sun called chromosphere and corona. While the corona is the outermost layer, the chromosphere is just below it.
  • To examine coronal mass ejections (CMEs), which are large expulsions of plasma and magnetic fields from the Sun’s corona.
  • To analyze the corona’s magnetic field and the driver of the space weather.
  • To understand why the Sun’s not-so-bright corona is a million degree Celsius hot when the temperature on the surface of the Sun is just about 5,500 degree Celsius.

Option (a) is correct

Explanation:

• The Chhattisgarh high court has dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) that aimed to designate the Bhoramdeo Wildlife Sanctuary (BWS) as a tiger reserve and the Chilpi Range as a buffer zone.

Option (c) is correct

Explanation:

• Iceland’s government said it will resume hunting fin whales after a two-month halt, but with new guidelines aimed at killing them as quickly as possible to reduce suffering.
• Statement 1 is correct:It is listed as  Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List.
• Statement 2 is correct:They inhabit the temperate and polar zones of all major oceans and open seas and, less commonly, in tropical oceans and seas.
• Statement 3 is correct:Females are slightly longer than males.
• The International Whaling Commission (IWC) is the body charged with regulating whaling and addressing the vast number of other threats to whales, dolphins and porpoises in our oceans such as shipping, climate change, and bycatch.

Option (d) is correct

Explanation:

• The Paro Declaration was adopted at the Ministerial Roundtable on addressing mental health through primary care and community engagement on day two of the Seventy-Fifth Session of the WHO South-East Asia Regional Committee Session.
• The Declaration urges Member countries to develop and implement multi sectoral policies across the life-course to address mental health risks and reduce treatment gaps exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure that mental health services reach all those in need, close to where they live, without financial hardship.

Option (c) is correct

Explanation:

• In a recent publication by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)-India, titled ‘Illegal Trade of Red Sand Boa in India 2016-2021,’ the illicit trafficking of red sand boas in India has been revealed and documented.
• The red sand boa (Eryx johnii) is a non-venomous snake species found in parts of India and other South Asian countries. 
• It is known for its distinctive appearance, with a short, stout body, a shiny reddish-brown coloration, and a blunt tail that resembles its head.
• Statement 1 is correct:It is found in the whole of India excluding North-east states and North-Bengal.
• Statement 2 is correct:
• Conservation Status:
  • IUCN Red List: Near Threatened
  • Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES): Appendix II.
  • Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act of 1972: Schedule IV.