Each family received a bag of 50 kg of rice, the official said, adding that humanitarian aid would be distributed to more than 1,000 needy families in the coming days.
Indian Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday held a meeting to direct states to implement prevention and management measures against spiking dengue cases.
More than 50 people were poisoned at a wedding in Iraq's northern province of Kirkuk on Wednesday evening due to spoiled food, the official Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported.