Recently, Dr. Katalin Kariko and Dr. Drew Weissman were awarded the Nobel Prize for their discoveries that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against Covid-19. In this context, consider the following statements:

1. India’s Bharat Biotech developed the world’s first vaccine to use mRNA technology against Covid-19.
2. mRNA is a form of nucleic acid which carries genetic information.
3. mRNA vaccine uses dead bacteria or viruses to evoke a response from the immune system.

How many of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. It is located in the Eastern Ghats in Andhra Pradesh.
2. River Thamirabarani originates from this tiger reserve.

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Recently, Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light. In this context, which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Their experiments have produced attosecond pulses to study electron dynamics in matter.
2. Attosecond pulses can be used to provide images of processes inside atoms and molecules.
3. Attosecond pulses can reveal what happens right after a molecule loses an electron and becomes ionized.

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With reference to the Global Framework on Chemicals, which of the following statements are correct?

1. The framework is based around 28 targets that aim to improve the sound management of chemicals and waste.
2. The framework calls for, by 2035, a phase out of all pesticides in agriculture.
3. For this, a dedicated trust fund will be set up and managed by the United Nations Environment Programme.

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