Option (c) is correct

Explanation:

• The Klyuchevskoy volcano, one of the highest active volcanoes in the world, erupted in Russia’s northern Kamchatka Peninsula.

Option (d) is correct.

Explanation:

• The Supreme Court (SC) pulled up an Advocate-on-Record (AoR) for filing a frivolous case and dismissed the public interest litigation. 
• Statement 1 is correct: The AoR system is broadly based on the British practice of barristers and solicitors.
• The AoR is essentially the link between the litigant and the SC. 
• Only an AoR can file cases before the SC. However, An AoR might engage other lawyers, including senior counsel, to argue before the Court.
• The advocate must train with a court-approved AoR for at least one year to take the exam. 
• Statement 2 is correct:An AoR must have an office in Delhi within a 16-kilometer radius of the Supreme Court.
• According to Section 30 of the Advocates Act, any lawyer enrolled with the Bar Council is entitled to practice law before any Court or tribunal in the country. 
  • However, the provision also categorically states that “nothing in the provision shall be deemed to affect the power of the SC to make rules under Article 145 of the Constitution.”

Option (c) is correct.

Explanation:

• NATO announced the formal suspension of a key Cold War-era security treaty in response to Russia’s pullout from the deal.
• North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, was set up in 1949 by the US, Canada, and several western European nations to ensure their collective security against the Soviet Union.
• Statement 1 is correct:  It was the US’s first peacetime military alliance outside the western hemisphere.
• Statement 2 is correct: Members of NATO are committed to  Collective defense in response to an attack by any external party.
• NATO is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. 
• The headquarters of the Allied Command Operations is near Mons, also in Belgium.

Option (d) is correct.

Explanation:

• Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck began an eight-day visit to India, a trip that comes amid renewed push by Bhutan and China for an early settlement of their boundary dispute.
• Bhutan – India Border is the international boundary between the Kingdom of Bhutan and the Republic of India. 
• The border is 699 km long and adjoins the Indian states of Sikkim , West Bengal , Assam  and Arunachal Pradesh.
• Nestled in the Himalayas, Bhutan serves as a buffer between India and China.

Option (d) is correct.

Explanation:

• The UN International Organization of Migration (IOM) reported that the number of people who have been internally displaced in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has risen to 6.9 million. 
• The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is located in Central Africa.
• It has territories in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. 
• It is located to the east of the Prime Meridian in the Eastern Hemisphere. 
• Bordering countries of Democratic Republic of Congo:  Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic,South Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola.