Option (c) is correct

Explanation

• Recently, a meeting was convened by the Neutral Expert appointed on India’s request under the aegis of the Indus Waters Treaty.
• India and Pakistan signed the IWT in September, 1960 after nine years of negotiations, with the World Bank being a signatory to the pact.
• Statement 1 is correct:All the water of the eastern rivers – Sutlej, Beas, and Ravi was allocated to India for unrestricted use.
• The waters of western rivers — Indus, Jhelum, and Chenab — were assigned largely to Pakistan.
• Setting up of Permanent Indus Commission: It mandated both the countries to establish a Permanent Indus Commission for resolution of conflicts.
• Statement 2 is correct: IWT does not have a unilateral exit provision, and is supposed to remain in force unless both the countries ratify another mutually agreed pact.

Option (a) is correct

Explanation

• Wall Street’s top regulator adopted a new rule cracking down on so-called “greenwashing” and other deceptive or misleading marketing practices by U.S. investment funds.
• Greenwashing is the process of conveying a false impression or misleading information about how a company’s products are environmentally sound. 
• It involves making an unsubstantiated claim to deceive consumers into believing that a company’s products are environmentally friendly or have a greater positive environmental impact than they actually do.
• Critics have accused some companies of greenwashing to capitalize on the socially responsible or environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing movement.

Option (d) is correct

Explanation:

• An opposition leader claimed that the words ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’ were missing from the new Constitution copies distributed to MPs.
• The two terms “socialist” and “secular” were inserted into the Preamble by the 42nd Amendment of the Constitution in 1976. 
• This was done during the Emergency imposed by the then-Prime Minister between 1975 and 1977. 
• The following provisions of the Constitution reveal the secular character of the Indian State:
• • The Preamble secures to all citizens of India liberty of belief, faith and worship.
  • Article 14: The State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or equal protection of the laws
  • Article 15: The State shall not discriminate against any citizen on the ground of religion.
  • Article 16:Equality of opportunity for all citizens in matters of public employment.
  • Article 25: All persons are equally entitled to freedom of conscience and the right to freely profess, practice and propagate any religion.

Option (d) is correct.

Explanation:

• Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister unveiled a grand statue of  Saint Adi Shankaracharya in Omkareshwar.
• Adi Shankaracharya also called  Shankara (Born in 738 AD, Kaladi village, in Kerala) was a Devotee of Shiva, Philosopher and Theologian, and the most renowned exponent of the Advaita Vedanta school of philosophy.
• Statement 1 is correct: Advaita Vedanta ( non-dualism)is a monistic school of Hindu philosophy that teaches that there is only one reality, Brahman and that everything else is an illusion (Maya).
• Statement 2 is correct: The individual self (Atman) is identical to Brahman, but this identity is obscured by ignorance (Avidya). 
• The goal of Advaita is to achieve moksha (liberation) through the realization of one’s true identity as Brahman.

Option (c) is correct

Explanation:

• President Droupadi Murmu greeted citizens at the festival of Nuakhai.
• Nuakhai is an agrarian festival, observed on Panchami Tithi (the fifth day) of the lunar fortnight of the month of Bhadrapada or Bhadraba (August–September), the day after Ganesh Chaturthi.