Rupsa Chakraborty, health journalist London chakraborty.rupsa2512{at}gmail.com Nearly half the world’s snakebite deaths happen in India. Now, climate change is pushing a neglected crisis into a dangerous new phase. Rupsa Chakraborty reports In September 2025 Manju Prakash, a 41 year old software engineer in Bengaluru, slipped on his Crocs to step outside. A juvenile Russell’s viper, one of India’s deadliest snakes, had coiled inside one of his shoes.