Chilling discovery: 10 venomous king cobras found in Nepal; Scientists say it's a warning of a major disaster9 deadly king cobras and a monocled cobra were recently found near Kathmandu, raising alarms about climate change as these tropical snakes ...
10 Jun, 2025, 02.32 PM IST
Madhuri Dixit's husband, Dr. Shriram Nene, finds Rani Mukerji's iconic snakebite scene 'pure cinema,' but ...Rani Mukerji's debut film, *Raja Ki Aayegi Baaraat*, initially criticized, has found new life as an internet meme source. A scene depicting...
17 May, 2025, 05.25 PM IST
India on track to meet SDG health targets well ahead of 2030: GovtThe Union Cabinet reviewed NHM's progress, noting significant advancements in maternal and child health, disease elimination, and healthcar...
22 Jan, 2025, 06.46 PM IST
Snakebite cases are 'notifiable disease': CentreThe ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) has designated snakebite cases and deaths as a 'notifiable disease' in India. This mandat...
30 Nov, 2024, 12.36 AM IST
India tackles snakebite crisis: New action plan aims to halve deaths by 2030Snakebites pose a significant threat in India, which has the highest snakebite mortality rate globally. A 2020 study reported 1.2 million d...
19 Oct, 2024, 10.41 PM IST
50,000 people die of snakebite every year, highest in world: BJP MP in Lok SabhaBJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy highlighted that snakebites cause 50,000 deaths annually in India, the highest globally, with climate change incre...
29 Jul, 2024, 06.25 PM IST
Snake bites sleeping laborer in Bihar; Man bites back snake three times. What happens next will shock youIn Rajouli, Bihar, laborer Santosh Lohar retaliated against a snake bite by biting the snake back, killing it. He explained that in his vil...
06 Jul, 2024, 11.13 AM IST
Step closer to universal antibody solution: IISc team develops synthetic antibody that can neutralise deadly snakebite toxinScientists at the Scripps Research Institute and the Evolutionary Venomics Lab at the Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES), Indian Institut...
22 Feb, 2024, 02.20 PM IST
Peeved at bad handwriting, Odisha High Court orders doctors to write in capital lettersThe Orissa High Court, vexed by doctors' illegible handwriting, issued a directive on January 4, mandating them to write postmortem reports...
08 Jan, 2024, 10.56 AM IST
Authorities focus on rescuing stranded tourists, restoring vehicular trafficAs the weather improved in parts of north India after days of heavy rains, authorities on Wednesday worked on a war footing to rescue stran...
13 Jul, 2023, 12.03 AM IST
Snake catcher in Rajasthan dies within minutes after being bitten by a cobraThe incident was captured on a CCTV camera nearby. The CCTV video shows Tiwari catching the cobra outside a shop in the Gogamedi area of Ch...
14 Sep, 2022, 02.53 PM IST
Snakebites: Karnataka sets out to build anti-venom R&D centre in Bengaluru to save livesThe project is billed as a unique one in the country, and the government has set aside Rs 7 crore for it. The centre would start functionin...
04 Jul, 2022, 11.03 PM IST
Maharashtra company starts human trials of drug aimed at mild, moderate cases of COVID-19World's largest vaccine maker Serum Institute of India is the sponsor of the Pune-headquartered iSERA Biological Pvt Ltd's drug project, wh...
11 Aug, 2021, 04.50 PM IST
There’s more to Ayappa than most Hindus knowEven as Sabarimala has now become a flashpoint for Hindu identity, older layers of the Ayyappa legend, his tribal/hunter-gatherer origins a...
04 Nov, 2018, 11.04 AM IST
Snakes and laddersThe verse, which invokes river Narmada and sage Astika, is called Sarpa Raksha mantra. It presumes that not only do snakes respond to Sansk...
03 Apr, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
- Germany-based NRI scientist Amal Mukhopadhyay to bring solar-powered health centres to Indian villages
Amal Mukhopadhyay has initially planned to set up three such centres in Sunderbans in West Bengal with an estimated cost of 45,000 euros.
06 Nov, 2011, 02.02 PM IST
- White lioness dies due to snake-bite in Chhattisgarh zoo
A eleven-year-old white lioness died due to snake-bite in a zoo in Chhattisgarh's Durg district.
09 May, 2009, 08.08 PM IST