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Thursday, September 4, 2025
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Topic: Sheep

6 years, 400 trials, and a breakthrough—how Kashmir gave India its first gene-edited sheep

Two female lambs were born to a single recipient female at Srinagar’s Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology. But only one had the muscle-growth gene successfully altered.

India’s pastoral wool producers are being fleeced. Govt must make urgent policy changes

India's pastoralists face dire straits due to reliance on imports, climate change, and land use shifts. The issue can have cascading effects on society at large.

How Ian Wilmut’s work on Dolly the sheep shaped cloning & stem cell research

British embryologist Wilmut died on 10 September at the age of 79. He led the team that created Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell.

Scientists discover 1,600-yr-old mummy of a sheep, & seismometres can trace wandering elephants

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

On Camera

Counter-insurgency is Indian military’s reality. Op Sindoor was brief flash in combat spectrum

The Chief of Defence Staff was spot on when he declared war fighting as ‘military’s bread and butter.’

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.