🇷🇺 🚀 🇮🇳 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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🇷🇺 📰 🇮🇳 On April 4, students and teachers of the Russian Embassy’s School visited the printing house of the largest Indian media “The Times Group”.

🗞️ During the the guided tour, they got acquainted with the full cycle of preparing a newspaper issue.

💬 The meeting ended with a lively discussion, during which the staff told students about the specifics of publishing in India and answered their questions.

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♟️ On March 28 — April 2, the First Anatoly Karpov Legacy National Chess Tournament was held in Trivandrum under the auspices of the Russian House and the International School of Chess.

More than 460 players from different states of India took part in the competition.

💬 In his address, Russian grandmaster Anatoly Karpov noted that regular training and playing in tournaments provide an opportunity to gain invaluable experience in decision-making.

🇷🇺 🤝 🇮🇳 Officials speaking at the opening ceremony underscored that chess is the sporting discipline that brings the peoples of India and Russia together.

Honorary Consul of Russia and Director of the Russian House in Trivandrum Ratheesh Nair presided over the valedictory function, the chief guest of which was S.N. Raghuchandran Nair, Secretary of the Kerala Sports Council, President of the Trivandrum Chamber of Commerce. Among other prominent attendees were R. Sharma, President of Junior Chamber International (JCI), and actor Shankar Ramakrishnan.

📊 Since the tournament was included in the FIDE calendar, players were able to raise their national and international rankings.

🥇 The winners and participants received awards and memorable gifts. It was decided to make such an event an annual occasion.

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