Answer: (C)
Explanation:
After a poor Southwest monsoon season, the Northeast monsoon, which arrived in Karnataka in October, has also failed to gain pace, resulting in 34% deficient rainfall in the State, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD), Bengaluru.
“If the State gets above normal, heavy rainfall only then would the deficiency reduce. However, according to the forecast, there will be normal rainfall in the next few weeks in the State. Moreover, a deep depression in Bay of Bengal, which has now transformed into cyclone Midhili, which is crossing over to the Bangladesh coast, has also absorbed moisture, resulting in less rains Karnataka.

Answer: (D)
Explanation:
The Global Biofuels Alliance was launched during the Group of 20 leaders meeting in September 2023, aiming to collectively reduce emissions in the transportation and industrial sectors.
“The Global Biofuels Alliance is a multi-stakeholder alliance of governments, international organisations and industries which is intended to expedite global uptake of biofuels. It brings together 19 member countries and 12 international organizations – including the World Economic Forum, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank – to try to expand the use of sustainable biofuels.
The Global Biofuel Alliance, which includes top producers Brazil and the US, will help build the worldwide market for trade in biofuel, which is obtained from biomass.
India and Biofuel: India achieved the target of mixing 10 per cent ethanol in petrol in May 2022, five months ahead of the deadline, and has advanced the deadline for doping 20 per cent ethanol in petrol by five years to 2025.

Answer: (D)
Explanation:
Fighting has also broken out elsewhere in Myanmar, led by various local resistance forces — in the Rakhine State in West Myanmar, Kayin State in South-East Myanmar, Sagaing region in North West Myanmar bordering Manipur, and Chin State in West Myanmar bordering Mizoram.
What does this situation mean for India?
India has so far walked a fine line between expressing concern at the “interruption” of democracy in Myanmar, and engaging with the junta to protect its “vital interests”. In the current situation, the immediate concern for India is the influx of Myanmarese nationals in the border states of the Northeast at a time when the situation in Manipur remains volatile.
The anti-junta forces have captured two important towns close to the only two border crossing points between Myanmar and India — Rikhawdar, close to Zokhawthar in Mizoram, and Khampat in Sagaing region, around 60 km from Moreh in Manipur. The latter is also part of the proposed India-Myanmar-Thailand trilateral highway project.

Answer:(B)
Explanation:
The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) is a planned economic corridor that aims to bolster economic development by fostering connectivity and economic integration between Asia, the Persian Gulf and Europe.
The India-Middle East-Europe-Economic Corridor (IMEC) was announced on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in New Delhi when a memorandum of understanding was signed between the European Union and seven countries, namely India, the US, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), France, Germany, and Italy.
The corridor will include a shipping route connecting Mumbai and Mundra (Gujarat) with the UAE, and a rail network connecting the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan with the Israeli port of Haifa to reach the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. Haifa will then be connected by sea to the port of Piraeus in Greece to eventually be connected to Europe.