There are more than 310 species of snakes in India — 66 of them are venomous and 42 are mildly venomous. Twenty-three snake ...

The hump-nosed pit viper doesn’t have a polyvalent antivenom, which is available only for spectacled cobra, common krait, ...

India plans to make snakebites a notifiable disease to address 60,000 annual deaths, improve surveillance, provide anti-venom, train healthcare staff, and raise awareness to reduce fatalities by 2030 ...

The Union government last month announced snakebites as a notifiable condition, making it mandatory for all hospitals in India including private establishments to notify the Centre on every case of ...

Common Krait is known to be one of the deadliest snakes in India. It's highly venomous and can cause paralysis. Sloth Bears ...

Snake sightings are increasing in Coimbatore due to improper garbage disposal attracting rodents. Learn about the impact of ...

In June 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO) added snakebite envenoming to its priority list of neglected tropical ...

The snakes we rescued were from different villages in Bagnan, Amta and Uluberia,” said Chitrak Pramanik, a wildlife ...

Snakebites are now a notifiable disease in India, requiring mandatory reporting. This move aims to improve awareness, treatment, and prevention efforts across India.

The Centre aims to improve healthcare facilities for the timely management and referral of snakebite cases while also ...

Even as snakebites are raising public health concerns, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has declared ...