14 children fall ill in Meghalaya after consuming wild mushroom
Shillong, Jun 23: At least 14 children fell ill after consuming wild mushroom in a remote village in West Khasi Hills district, officials said on Friday.
The children of Mawpat village had gone to a nearby jungle to collect wild mushroom and consumed it on June 20 evening, they said.
Mawpat village is located 136 km west of the state capital Shillong and is near Wahkaji town in the district.
The 14 children were taken to the primary health centre at the village on June 20 after they complained of severe vomiting, a senior district official told PTI.
The next day they were shifted to the community health centre. Eleven of them were later discharged, the official said.
According to the official, the condition of the three other children is stable and they will be discharged soon.
Officials from the Food Standards and Safety Authority of India have also rushed to the village to collect the samples of the wild mushroom and get it tested, he said.
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Trump tells Fox News he's no longer sending Witkoff, Kushner to Pakistan for Iran talks
Islamabad (AP): President Donald Trump says he told top US envoys not to travel to Pakistan to negotiate with Iran, telling Fox News that "they can call us anytime they want.”
In a brief phone interview Saturday, Trump told Fox News that he told US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner “you're not going to be making any more 18 hour flights to sit around talking about nothing.”
Trump also said of the US side “we have all the cards.”
His comments came after the White House said Friday that Witkoff and Kushner would be heading to Pakistan for another round of negotiations with Iran.
