More than 100 students at a government-run tribal residential school in Mayurbhanj district, Odisha (an eastern Indian state), fell ill after consuming an unauthorised meal on 12 April, with one Class 5 pupil dying two days later. Parents said the children ate fermented rice, mashed potatoes, and mango chutney — items outside the school's approved menu — and subsequently suffered from diarrhoea and vomiting. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has ordered a formal probe into the incident at Kakabandha Ashram School.