India to deliver 1,000 metric tonnes rice, 1 lakh HCQ tablets to drought-hit Madagascar
In a bid to help drought-hit Madagascar, India on Monday said that it will be sending a consignment of 1,000 metric tonnes of rice and 100,000 tablets of Hydroxychloroquine tablets.The humanitarian assistance will be delivered onboard the Indian Naval Ship Jalashwa. The ship will on March 3 and is expected to reach the Port of Ehoala in Madagascar between March 21 and 24.The decision was conveyed to the Madagascar government on Monday during Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s phone call with his Madagascar counterpart Tehindrazanarivelo Djacoba A.S Oliv.“In response to the urgent appeal made by the Government of Madagascar for international solidarity and assistance to deal with the humanitarian crisis in South of Madagascar due to severe drought, the Government of India is se