Russian crew aboard ISS wish India before I-Day, say 'Long live India-Russia friendship'

Russian cosmonauts aboard International Space Station congratulated India ahead of its 80th Independence Day in a video message. "In November 1961, he [Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin] visited India and said, 'India is very beautiful from above, but it's even more beautiful on Earth'," they said. "Long live India-Russia friendship," they added, highlighting the progress of India's Gaganyaan mission.