'Mother tongue first' for CBSE, custom gene-editing, and CDS on Op Sindoor

3 Things

First, we talk to The Indian Express' National Education Editor Ritika Chopra about the CBSE asking its affiliate schools to map students’ mother tongues at the earliest, and prepare teaching materials before the end of the summer break. This is being done to eventually make instructions in students' mother tongue mandatory in schools at the primary level.
Next, we talk to The Indian Express' Alind Chauhan who breaks down a major scientific breakthrough for us. He talks about CRISPR-Cas9, a custom gene-editing tool that can become a solution for many genetic disorders. He also shares how an extended version of this technology helped a nine month old baby with a rare genetic condition. (14:03)
Lastly, we discuss what Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan had to say about India’s losses in Operation Sindoor. (25:43)
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Produced and written by Niharika Nanda and Shashank Bhargava.
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