Cows have made it to the headlines again, but this time around for being presented as a gift by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Modi, who is currently visiting Rwanda as part of a three-nation tour to Africa, has promised to gift 200 locally-sourced cows to a village in the country.

The cows will be gifted under the “Girinka scheme”, which is a centuries-old cultural practice in Rwanda whereby a cow is given by one person to another, as a sign of respect and gratitude.

Fun fact: Rwanda consumes beef regularly, while in India, certain states have banned its consumption. So, coming at a time when incidents of beef-related mob lynching have been in the news in his own country, the irony of Modi’s gesture wasn’t lost on twitterati.