🇷🇺 🚀 🇮🇳 On April 3, the Russian House in New Delhi hosted a photo exhibition from the TASS News Agency’s archive to mark the 40th anniversary of spaceflight of the first Indian cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma as part of the Soviet crew.

The event was attended by representatives of the expert community and diplomatic corps, media, employees of the Indian Space Research Organization, students and compatriots.

💬 The exhibition was inaugurated by Roman Babushkin, Minister Counsellor & DCM, Russian Embassy in India, Evgeny Pakhomov, Chief of the Indian Bureau, TASS News Agency, and Sanjeev Kumar Varshney, Adviser & Head, International Cooperation (Bilateral) Division, Department of Science & Technology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India.

The audience was also addressed by Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma himself through a video message. He shared his impressions of preparations for the flight, noted the significance of this event as well as expressed confidence in the further successful development of bilateral cooperation in the space sector.

🎬 A documentary titled “How I Became a Cosmonaut” was also shown as part of the event.

📸 The exposition that contains 40 unique archival photographic materials will last until April 16, 2024.

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🎤 The Russia-BRICS Youth Project Office hosted to the Official presentation of the BRICS Youth Summit

The event was hosted at the All-Russian Exhibition Center (VDNKh) and launched the official registration for the Summit.

On 22-26 July 2024 young leaders will be welcomed to gather in the city of Ulyanovsk (Russia) and discuss acute issues within 5 tracks:

1) Education, science and training;
2) Youth entrepreneurship;
3) Science, technology, innovation;
4) Youth social work and volunteering;
5) Health and sports.

👏The BRICS Youth Summit is one of the key events within the Russian chairmanship of BRICS in 2024.

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