Orissa HC directs Puri Municipality to pay ₹10 lakh for dog bite death

Orissa HC directs Puri Municipality to pay ₹10 lakh for dog bite death

Representational file image. | Photo Credit: S. R. Raghunathan The Orissa High Court has directed the Puri Municipality to pay compensation of ₹10 lakh to parents of a child, who lost lives followings bites by a pack of dogs in Puri in 2016. A four-year-old boy died soon after a pack of dogs mauled him … Read more

Cinema hall in Assam asked to compensate movie goer five years after rat bite

Cinema hall in Assam asked to compensate movie goer five years after rat bite

A cinema hall in Guwahati was asked to compensate a woman who had to undergo treatment after being bitten by a rat. Image for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The authorities of a cinema hall in Guwahati have been asked to compensate a woman who had to undergo treatment after being bitten … Read more

Mosquito-Resistant, Bite Proof Clothing in the Works

Mosquito-Resistant, Bite Proof Clothing in the Works

Aug. 11, 2021 — There were 200 hungry mosquitoes in the Plexiglas enclosure volunteers agreed to sit in so scientists could test their new bug-resistant fabric to see whether individuals wearing it got mosquito bites. The live, disease-free mosquitoes were starved overnight and yet they did not bite, report researchers led by senior author … Read more