To address zinc deficiency affecting 30–40% of India’s population, a new biofortified rice variety, *Spoorthi* (GNV 1906), has been introduced. Developed by...
ICAR scientists have developed two climate-resilient, genome-edited rice varieties—Kamala and Pusa DST Rice 1—using CRISPR-Cas9. These high-yield strains offer drought and salinity...