https://www.thedailystar.net/environment/rare-batagur-baska-hatched-in-sundarban-karamjal-1744441

Recently, rare ‘Batagur Baska’ was hatched in Sundarban

The Sundarbans comprises hundreds of islands and a network of rivers, tributaries and creeks in the delta of the Ganga and the Brahmaputra at the mouth of the Bay of Bengal in India and Bangladesh.
Located on the southwestern part of the delta, the Indian Sundarban constitutes over 60% of the country’s total mangrove forest area.
It is the 27th Ramsar Site in India, and with an area of 4,23,000 hectares is now the largest protected wetland in the country.
The Indian Sundarban, also a UNESCO world heritage site, is home to the Royal Bengal Tiger. It is also home to a large number of “rare and globally threatened species, such as the critically endangered northern river terrapin (Batagur baska), the endangered Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris), and the vulnerable fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus).”
Two of the world’s four horseshoe crab species, and eight of India’s 12 species of kingfisher are also found here. Recent studies claim that the Indian Sundarban is home to 2,626 faunal species and 90% of the country’s mangrove varieties.

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=189953

WCO was established in 1952 as the Customs Co-operation Council (CCC).
It is an independent intergovernmental body whose mission is to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of Customs administrations.
As the global centre of Customs expertise, the WCO is the only international organization with competence in Customs matters and can rightly call itself the voice of the international Customs community.
Members: The WCO has divided its Membership into six Regions. Each of the six Regions is represented by a regionally elected Vice-Chairperson to the WCO Council.
As a forum for dialogue and exchange of experiences between national Customs delegates, the WCO offers its Members a range of Conventions and other international instruments, as well as technical assistance and training services.
Besides the vital role played by the WCO in stimulating the growth of legitimate international trade, its efforts to combat fraudulent activities are also recognized internationally.
WCO has also been responsible for administering the World Trade Organization’s Agreements on Customs Valuation, which provide a system for placing values on imported goods, and the Rules of Origin, which are used to determine the origin of a given commodity.

https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/india-china-tree-planting-programmes-biodiversity-forest-cover-percentage-environment-ministry-5717902/
MODIS (or Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) is a key instrument aboard the Terra (originally known as EOS AM-1) and Aqua (originally known as EOS PM-1) satellites.
Terra’s orbit around the Earth is timed so that it passes from north to south across the equator in the morning, while Aqua passes south to north over the equator in the afternoon.
Terra MODIS and Aqua MODIS are viewing the entire Earth’s surface every 1 to 2 days, acquiring data in 36 spectral bands, or groups of wavelengths.
Significance: These data will improve our understanding of global dynamics and processes occurring on the land, in the oceans, and in the lower atmosphere. MODIS is playing a vital role in the development of validated, global, interactive Earth system models able to predict global change accurately enough to assist policy makers in making sound decisions concerning the protection of our environment.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/singapore-reports-first-case-of-rare-monkeypox-virus/article27088542.ece

Monkeypox virus (MPXV) is an orthopoxvirus that causes a viral disease with symptoms in humans similar, but milder, to those seen in smallpox patients.
Smallpox was declared eradicated in 1980, whereas human monkeypox is endemic in villages of Central and West Africa.
The occurrence of cases is often found close to tropical rainforests where there is frequent contact with infected animals.
There is no evidence to date that person-to-person transmission alone can sustain monkeypox in the human population.
Monkeypox is a viral zoonosis, i.e. a disease transmitted from animals to humans.
It can be transmitted through contact with the blood, bodily fluids, or cutaneous or mucosal lesions of infected animals.
Human infections have been documented through the handling of infected monkeys, Gambian giant rats and squirrels, with rodents being the most likely reservoir of the virus.

2012 UPSC Prelims Question

Under the Constitution, the Parliament of India consists of three parts: The President, The Council of States (Rajya Sabha), The House of People (Lok Sabha)
Out of the seven union territories, only two (Delhi and Pondicherry) have representation in Rajya Sabha. The Population of other five union territories are too small to have any representative in Rajya Sabha.
Hence 1st and 3rd statement are incorrect and therefore using tikdam, we see that we are left with the final answer (d): None of the given statements are correct.