Gandhi Jayanti celebrated in Moscow

The 143rd birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi was celebrated with enthusiasm in Moscow on October 2, 2012. HE Mr Ajai Malhotra, Ambassador of India to the Russian Federation, led the celebrations at the Mahatma Gandhi monument on Lomonosovski Prospekt in Moscow.

The celebrations began with a floral tribute to the Mahatma by Ambassador Malhotra, who thereafter addressed the gathering about the life and work of Mahatma Gandhi. He urged those assembled to celebrate the Mahatma’s birthday by not just paying tribute to him, but by more widely disseminating his noble thoughts and ideals while committing to serving the larger cause of humanity. Students of the Embassy of India School, Moscow, and foreign students learning Hindi at the Jawaharlal Nehru Cultural Centre of the Embassy, sang bhajans on the occasion. Ambassador Malhotra also paid a floral tribute at the statue of Mahatma Gandhi installed five years ago on the Mahatma’s birthday at the Embassy of India, Moscow.

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Indian 'Bazaar' in Vladivostok

A display-cum-sale of Indian bric-a-brac was held in Vladivostok (Ulitsa Gogol, 41) from October 13 till October 22. Ninety Indian traders participated in the event

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IAF 80th Anniversary celebrated in Moscow

The 80th anniversary of the Indian Air Force was celebrated in Moscow on October 8, 2012. Speaking at the reception organised on the occasion by the Air Attache of the Embassy of India, Moscow, Ambassador Ajai Malhotra warmly congratulated the Indian Air Force personnel and lauded their commendable service in ensuring the safety and security of India. He also remembered with deep gratitude the sacrifice of the Indian Air Force personnel who had laid down their lives in the service of the nation.

Ambassador Malhotra also greeted the Russian Air Force officers and engineers as the Russian Air Force too had recently celebrated its 100th anniversary earlier this year. He recalled the long-standing cooperation between the air forces of India and Russia and noted that several Russian engineers and designers had devoted their entire working life to promoting Indian projects under Indo-Russian military technical cooperation. He stated that Russia is India's largest partner in military-technical cooperation, and vice versa. He added that cooperation in defence has long been an important pillar of the India-Russia strategic partnership. He pointed out that bilateral defence ties have transformed radically in recent years from a straightforward buyer-seller relationship to one involving joint research, development, and production of advanced defence systems. He added that the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft project was a flagship project reflecting this fundamental change, and referred in the same context to the Multi-Role Transport Aircraft project.

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Seminar on Mahatma Gandhi at Indian Embassy, Moscow

Some photos of the Seminar organised by Hindustani Samaj, Moscow, and Jawaharlal Nehru Cultural Centre, Embassy of India, Moscow, on “Mahatma Gandhi and the present world situation”, D.P. Dhar Hall, Moscow

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Ustad Shahid Parvez performs at St. Petersburg

Ustad Shahid Parvez gave a sitar performance at the St. Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory Theater of Opera and Ballet, Teatralniy Ploshchad 3, St. Petersburg, on October 28, 2012, accompanied on the tabla by Jagannath (Denis Baybekov).