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

A severe monsoon has caused widespread devastation. The State Disaster Management Authority reports 386 deaths since June 20. Rain-related ...

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...

Tragedy struck Uttar Pradesh as relentless rainfall led to the loss of at least 18 lives within a 24-hour span ending on July 18. The devas...

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 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...

BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy highlighted that snakebites cause 50,000 deaths annually in India, the highest globally, with climate change incre...

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...

The 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...

The 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...

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...

The sevadar, identified as Patiram was found dead in the ashram situated on the outskirts of Chhindwara town, police said.

The verse, which invokes river Narmada and sage Astika, is called Sarpa Raksha mantra. It presumes that not only do snakes respond to Sansk...

Two fawns died in Ralamandal Wildlife Sanctuary on Sunday afternoon. According to post-mortem report, one fawn died of shock and another of...