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develop an injectable
vaccine that protects
against all four dengue
strains endemic to
India. Vaccine for
malaria caused by
Plasmodium
falciparum is under
toxicology assessment
(JAIVAC 2) and
another vaccine for
malaria caused by
Plasmodium vivax has
completed Phase I trial
(JAIVAC1).
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water, soil, seed and
marketing, with
validated technologies.
This programme is also
A new, farmer-centric
expected to create a
programme called
strong interaction
‘Biotech-KISAN’ was
platform between
announced that would
scientists and farmers.
create a major impact
The programme also
on rural livelihood. The
includes thematic
objective of the
fellowships in science
programme is to
laboratories located
demonstrate, scale-up
across all the agro-
and address issues of
climatic zones.
local farmers related to
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