Genome editing (also called gene editing) is a group of technologies that give scientists the ability to change an organism's DNA. The Department of Biotechnology notified the guidelines for the safety assessment of genome-edited plants.
Rajiv Ranjan has been appointed as the ex-officio member of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) by the Central Board of Directors of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
Kenton Cool, a British mountaineer, has successfully climbed the summit of Mount Everest 16th time. He is the first non-Nepalese and the first British citizen to do so.