The ZyCoV-D which is the World's first plasmid DNA vaccine has been produced by Ahmedabad-based vaccine manufacturer Zydus Cadila and was administered for the first time in Patna.
Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Bharati Pravin Pawar inaugurated India's first Biosafety level-3 containment mobile laboratory in Nashik, Maharashtra.
International Day of Women and Girls in Science is observed every year on 11 February to achieve full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls.