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5 effective home remedies to get rid of RATS

Rats, if not thrown out of the house, can cause various health issues. Here are the few remedies to get rid of them.

Oct 06, 2022, 15:55 PM IST

Scrub Typhus: 15 more affected, FREE your house from THIS animal immediately, OTHERWISE...

Scrub Typhus: The symptoms of dengue and Scrub Typhus are very similar. Thus, most of the times it is difficult to diagnose the disease. If not treated properly, there is also a possibility of organ failure. 

Jul 16, 2022, 07:57 AM IST

All you need to know about home testing COVID-19 kits

In view of the second wave of COVID-19 that has put extreme pressure on diagnostic path labs, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) recently approved COVID-19 home testing using Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs).

May 24, 2021, 09:46 AM IST

Video: Snake hunts rats but then, a monitor lizard shows up. Here's what happens next

At first, we see the snake hunting two rats and suddenly, the monitor lizard appears and hunts the reptile. It attacks the snake from the tail and eats it slowly. 

Sep 17, 2019, 13:52 PM IST

Authorities blame rats for flyover wall collapse in Ludhiana; no casualties reported

The retaining wall of Gill Road flyover in Ludhiana collapsed on Sunday night.

May 14, 2018, 20:01 PM IST

How were 3 lakh rats killed in Mantralaya in just 7 days, Maharashtra Assembly debates

The government could have deployed ten cats to do the job instead of hiring a private firm, senior BJP leader and former Maharashtra minister Eknath Khadse said in a lighter vain.

Mar 22, 2018, 17:35 PM IST

Newborn baby nibbled by rats at Rajasthan hospital

The incident occurred on Monday at MG Hospital in Banswara, which is over 500 km from state capital Jaipur. 

Jun 13, 2017, 14:10 PM IST

Shocking! Rodents guzzle down banned liquor in Bihar police stations

With the rats running riot, the state police headquarters has ordered a probe.

May 04, 2017, 23:31 PM IST

Bihar floods force people along Kosi to eat rats

At 9 in the morning Gauri Devi is waiting for her 15-year-old son to bring rats. That's the only food the family now depends on, being surrounded by flood water.

Aug 07, 2016, 13:39 PM IST

Certain genes can make you more prone to addiction

Scientists reveal in new study that certain genes can make you more prone to addiction.

Apr 27, 2016, 13:02 PM IST

Wow! Giant rats to sniff out tuberculosis in African prisons – Watch

African giant pouched rats to carry out the mass screenings for TB in prisons.

Mar 31, 2016, 21:27 PM IST

Common crow, fruit bats, mice, rats vermin, not peacock: Goa govt

Downplaying the controversy surrounding proposal to classify peacock and state animal Wild Bison as 'vermin', Goa government has said in the Legislative Assembly that only common crow, fruit bats, mice and rats have been declared as nuisance animals.

Mar 18, 2016, 13:20 PM IST

DNA: Analysis of Delhi's rat-infested railway stations

Watch the analysis on increased number of rats in Delhi Railway Station and how it is posing a threat.

Feb 02, 2016, 23:18 PM IST

How rats respond to fear can fix stress disorder in humans

Female rats often respond to fear by "darting" where they start running around like crazy when they sense threat, new research has found, suggesting that the findings could lead to better treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in humans.

Jan 31, 2016, 15:33 PM IST

Rats can cause health threats to poultry, humans: Study

A new study has revealed that rats can absorb disease agents from their local environment and spread them.

Jan 18, 2016, 10:23 AM IST

Archaeologists find dog sized rat

Researchers are now trying to work out exactly what caused the rats to die out.

Nov 08, 2015, 15:39 PM IST

Now, snakes surface in Andhra Pradesh govt hospital month after infant died of rat bites

Almost a month after a 10-day-old baby died after being bitten by rats in a government hospital in Andhra Pradesh, two snakes surfaced in the same hospital.

Sep 24, 2015, 11:47 AM IST