Option (d) is correct

Explanation:

• The Global Biofuels Alliance (GBA) was formally launched by India on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in New Delhi. 
• It aims to accelerate the worldwide adoption of biofuels by promoting technological advancements, increasing the use of sustainable biofuels, and establishing robust standards and certification processes through the active involvement of a wide range of stakeholders.
• The GBA, the effort for which was spearheaded by India, the United States, and Brazil, has been launched with nine initiating members–India, the US, Brazil, Argentina, Bangladesh, Italy, Mauritius, South Africa, and the United Arab Emirates–while Canada and Singapore are observer countries. 
• GBA Members constitute major producers and consumers of biofuels. USA (52 per cent), Brazil (30 percent) and India (3 percent), contribute about 85 per cent share in production and about 81 per cent in consumption of ethanol.

Option (c) is correct

Explanation:

• India announced the launch of the India-Middle East-Europe mega economic corridor. The project includes India, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, the European Union, France, Italy, Germany and the US.
• Statement 1 is correct:It is part of the Partnership for Global Infrastructure Investment (PGII). PGII is a collaborative effort by G7 nations to fund infrastructure projects in developing nations. It is perceived as counter to China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
• Statement 2 is correct:The Middle East corridor consists of two separate corridors:
  • The East Corridor will link the Indian port of Mundra on the west coast to Fujairah port, UAE and then using the railroad via Saudi Arabia and Jordan transport goods through standardised containers to the Israeli port of Haifa. 
  • The west corridor will be from Haifa, from where the Indian goods will reach various ports like Marseille in France and other ports in Italy and Greece.

Option (a) is correct.

Explanation:

• The epicentre of the Morocco earthquake was high in the Atlas Mountains roughly 70 kilometres south of Marrakech, economic hub of Morocco. 
• Morocco is a country in North Africa. It is located in the Maghreb region in the Northern and Western Hemisphere regions of the Earth. It is bordered by the two countries of Western Sahara to the south and Algeria to the east. It has coastlines on the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Mediterranean Sea to the north.

Image Credits: World Atlas

Option (c) is correct

Explanation:

• Microsoft Threat Intelligence “with moderate confidence” assessed that Storm-0558 is a China-based threat actor with activities and methods consistent with espionage objectives. 
• The China-based threat actor was able to compromise Microsoft’s cloud security systems by using an acquired MSA key to forge tokens to access Outlook Web Access (OWA), Microsoft’s web-based mail client that is part of the company’s Exchange Server, Outlook.com. 
• MSA keys are token signing keys used by a service to validate authentication tokens for the service.

Option (b) is correct

Explanation:

• Hurricane Lee, which rapidly intensified into a Category 5 storm has weakened slightly but still poses a threat to the U.S. East Coast and the Caribbean Islands.