MPPSC 2012 General Studies Solved Paper-1

(B) A male buffalo calf has been produced through cloning at the Karnal-based National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI). This is the world’s second male cloned calf. The calf, named Swaran, was born through the new and advanced ‘hand-guided cloning technique’ and is the second male cloned calf in the world. Shresth was the first male buffalo born through the‘hand-guided cloning technique’developed at NDRI on August 26, 2010.