A green mamba bite is much more difficult to treat. Most available antivenoms do not target spastic paralysis—a tightening of muscles due to a loss of control signals from the brain.
From myths to medicine, snakes inspire awe and fear. Most are harmless, vital pest-controllers & with awareness, co-existence is safer than killing them.
Our first cameraman ran away after doing a Google search on the King Cobra. The realisation that this is the world’s longest venomous snake, with no available antidote in India, never left us.
Team led by João Miguel Alves-Nunes studied snake defense mechanisms by gently stepping on jararacas. Findings, published in Scientific Reports, to help optimise antivenom distribution.
In ‘Snakes, Drugs And Rock ’N’ Roll’, Romulus Whitaker and his wife Janaki Lenin write about Whitaker’s childhood and his adventures before setting up the famed Chennai Snake Park.
Five men from Delhi's Molarband village arrested for alleged involvement in Noida rave saga in which YouTube Elvish Yadav is also a suspect. They're out on bail, but residents say damage done.
Hariom says Indian snakes are misunderstood. To reverse this, he runs a rescue centre in Buxar, uses Instagram Reels, and has developed a new repellent.
The crisis also puts DGCA’s vacancies in the eye of the storm. Naidu told the Rajya Sabha in July this year that 190 out of 410 DGCA vacancies would be filled this year.
Data shows re-alignment in India’s exports, with Tamil Nadu & Telangana posting strong growth in 2024-25 as traditional heavyweights Gujarat & Maharashtra see declines. Gujarat still leads, though.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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