Explanation:

Recently, the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal has produced cloned female calves of the desi breed Gir.

• It is India's first cloned Gir female calf named Ganga.

• To clone the Gir, oocytes are isolated from live animals using ultrasound-guided needles, and then, matured for 24 hours under control conditions.

• The somatic cells of elite cows are used as donor genomes, which are fused with OPU-derived enucleated oocytes. Following chemical activation and in-vitro culture, the developed blastocysts are transferred into recipient mothers to deliver the Gir calf.

• The term cloning describes a number of different processes that can be used to produce genetically identical copies of a biological entity.

• Cloning can be natural or artificial. Examples of cloning that occur naturally are as follows:

• Vegetative reproduction in plants, e.g. water hyacinth producing multiple copies of genetically identical plants through apomixis

• Binary fission in bacteria.

• Clones can also be produced through artificial means. Biotechnological methods are employed to produce such clones.

Hence both statements are correct.