Kerala has declared snakebite envenomation a major public health issue. This move aims to improve data collection and treatment. The decisi...

Doctors in Assam have documented the world's first cases of venom poisoning from dead cobras and kraits. As per the study, several cases we...

University of Queensland researchers discovered that Australian skinks evolved molecular defenses against snake venom through mutations in ...

9 deadly king cobras and a monocled cobra were recently found near Kathmandu, raising alarms about climate change as these tropical snakes ...

Jitu Patwari alleges a scam in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. It involves fake snakebite deaths. Fraudulent compensation claims amount to over ₹11 ...

Scientists have developed a potentially universal antivenom. This uses antibodies from Timothy Friede, who self-immunized against snake ven...

The Union Cabinet reviewed NHM's progress, noting significant advancements in maternal and child health, disease elimination, and healthcar...

The ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) has designated snakebite cases and deaths as a 'notifiable disease' in India. This mandat...

Snakebites pose a significant threat in India, which has the highest snakebite mortality rate globally. A 2020 study reported 1.2 million d...

In Rajouli, Bihar, laborer Santosh Lohar retaliated against a snake bite by biting the snake back, killing it. He explained that in his vil...

The Orissa High Court, vexed by doctors' illegible handwriting, issued a directive on January 4, mandating them to write postmortem reports...

Initially, the police treated the case as an unnatural death. However, after Basanti's father, Khalli Patra, lodged a complaint against his...

Sukhu stressed upon the adoption of measures to strengthen the response and awareness system, besides preparedness at the institutional and...

In the verdict, the apex court dealt with the provisions of the Employee's Compensation Act, 1923 while coming to the rescue of a family wh...

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has issued instructions to the Department of Revenue to implement the e-kuber portal at the earliest.

The severe heat wave prevailing across AP and Telangana has forced wild animals to leave their habitats and search for cooler environs in v...

SAIL Employees Cooperative Credit Society has set up a hospital using a part of its surplus funds at Kalikapur in South 24 Parganas distric...