Poumai tribe, one of the major Naga tribes living in Manipur's hill district, Senapati have declared their villages a no-drugs zone to help the state government curb the drugs menace including illegal poppy cultivation.
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.
World Bank has approved USD 350 million as financial aid for the Systems Reform Endeavors for Transformed Health Achievement in Gujarat (SRESTHA-G) project.