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World Snake Day: Why is India still the snake bite capital of the world?

In Focus by The Hindu

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Snake Bites: A Medical Legal Case

The reason snake bite is a medical legal case is actually quite archaic. This is something that was left with us as a legacy by the British when they ruled us. There have been instances of snakes being used as weapons for murder. Karnataka government gives an excretia of two lakh rupees in case of death from snake bite.

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