The Department of Biotechnology has established the first ‘One Health'collaboration in the country

• The country's first 'One Health' collaboration has been created by the Department of Biotechnology.
• The goal of this initiative is to keep track of major bacterial, viral, and parasite diseases caused by zoonotic and transboundary pathogens in India.
• This consortium, which includes 27 organisations, is one of the largest single health programmes undertaken by the Indian government in the post-COVID era.

Important facts 

About Virus 

• VIRUS: Vital Information Resources Under Siege
• Father of virus: Dmitri Ivanovsky
• Smallest virus: MS2
• Father of Phytobacteriology: E.F. Smith of U.S.A
• Smallest cell: Mycoplasma