As many as 27 children die and 25 others are hospitalized after eating lunch served at their school in eastern India.

Bihar school meal poisoning incident

2013 fatal insecticide poisoning in India

On 16 July 2013, 23–27 students died, and dozens more fell ill at a primary school in the village of Gandaman in the Saran district of the Indian state of Bihar after eating a Midday Meal contaminated with pesticide. Angered by the deaths and illnesses, villagers took to the…