Snake: Indian scientists have developed the Kisan Mitra (Farmer Friend) stick, a specialized safety device designed to detect the presence ...

Nigerian singer Ifunanya Nwangene, a "rising star" from The Voice Nigeria, tragically died at 26 after a snakebite in her sleep. Despite ef...

Uttarakhand faces a severe human-wildlife conflict. Over 900 lives have been lost in 25 years due to animal attacks. Recent leopard inciden...

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...

Scientists have harnessed artificial intelligence to engineer custom proteins, acting as a GPS for the immune system. These proteins guide ...

Rani Mukerji's debut film, *Raja Ki Aayegi Baaraat*, initially criticized, has found new life as an internet meme source. A scene depicting...

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

Dhanteras 2024 Date: Dhanteras, marking the start of Diwali on October 29, celebrates Lord Dhanvantari, the god of health, and Goddess Laks...

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...

Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute and the Evolutionary Venomics Lab at the Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES), Indian Institut...

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) continue to pose a significant health burden on some of the most disadvantaged communities in India, acc...

Big drugmakers such as Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, Ranbaxy and Aventis are keen to emulate the consumer industry's success in the hi...

Two little known chromite mines in Orissa and Karnataka, besides a factory in Gujarat that manufactures critical chemotherapy drugs are amo...

WikiLeaks has divulged a secret list compiled by Washington of key infrastructure sites around the world that could pose a critical danger ...

The newly released diplomatic cable is one of the most explosive yet that have heaped embarrassment on Washington and caused anger around t...