CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -In 2017, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi approved the establishment of ISARC at the campus of the National Seed Research and Training Center (NSRTC) in Varanasi.

Detailed explanation-2: -IRRI is an independent, nonprofit, research and educational institute, founded in 1960 by the Ford and Rockefeller foundations with support from the Philippine government. The institute, headquartered in Los Baños, Philippines, has offices in 17 rice-growing countries in Asia and Africa, and more than 1, 000 staff.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hint: The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is located in a central-eastern state of India which has its capital at Bhubaneshwar.