Monrovia, Oct. 2 -- The Embassy of India in Monrovia, in collaboration with the Indian Community and Liberian Partners, commemorated the 156th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi with a renewed call for service, truth, and nonviolence.

This year's observance also underscored a shared fight against drug abuse, a menace affecting both nations.

The commemoration, which concluded Seva Pakhwada, a fortnight of service that began on September 17, the 75th birthday of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was marked by a gesture of solidarity with Liberia's anti-drug campaign. Bunty Pharmaceuticals of the SBR Group of Companies, an Indian pharmaceutical firm based in Liberia, donated face masks and latex gloves to the Liberia Drug Enforcement ...