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The Indian auto company Tata Motors Limited, Mumbai, intends to perform omologation tests of Kama truck tyres, to obtain local certificates of quality. The Kama trading house, part of the Tatneft Neftekhim, has said it in a statement following a visit to India.

During the trip, Indian companies placing production orders based on the off-take system at Nizhnekamskshina was discussed.

The main purpose of the visit was to explore the Indian market, establish contacts with Tata Motors, examine requirements for auto tyres imported and kitted inside the country. The delegation during the several days visited Delhi, Mumbai, Puna, Ludhiyana, and met with the management of Tata Motors, Amco International, SRB Group, as well as with Russia’s trade representative and Russia’s consul general in India.

Many sport tournaments will be held in Kazan as a part of the First All-Russia Sport Forum “Russia – Sport Power”.

A tournament in belt-wrestling – Cup of Russia, CIS and Baltic countries will be held at the Single Combats Palace in Kazan on October 22-24. About 220 wrestlers from Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan take part in the competitions. The competitions will be held in 6 weight classes – classic and free style. Tatarstan national team represents the republic, the press-service of RT Youth, Sport and Tourism Ministry informs.

October 2, the Republic of Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev returned from Turkey where he was on a regular leave with his spouse.

The Kazan-based Federal Research and Development Centre for Radio Electronic Systems named after V.I. Shimko has been given a new chief. The Tatarstan Prime Minister Roustam Minnikhanov and JSC Radio Electronic Technologies Concern head Nikolai Kolesov have presented the team the new director, Vladimir Konnov.

Kazan guests – Hollywood stars Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and Armand Assante took part in the ceremony of laying flowers to a monument of Russian scholar Lev Nikolaevih Gumilev, whose 97th anniversary is marked today.

International Older People’s Day is celebrated today. Chairman of the Republic of Tatarstan State Council congratulated the generation of creators and winners on this holiday.

ReitOR, an independent agency working in the education sector, has come out with a rating of Russia’s best universities in terms of scientific achievements. The research was aimed to determine in the competent environment importance and popularity of the research activity carried out in Russian universities by professors, postgraduates and students. Kazan State University is sixth on the list with Kazan State Medical University being 35th and Kazan State Technical University being 36th-39th.

The IV republican Internet teachers’ council “Teacher of XXI century” started on September 30 at the educational web-portal of Tatarstan Education and Science Ministry - http://edu.kzn.ru. The teachers’ council will continue until October 16.

Kamaz and Daimler Trucks, a Daimler AG commercial cars subdivision, have today signed a memorandum of understanding on establishing a joint venture Mercedes-Benz Trucks Vostok, to manufacture Mercedes-Benz trucks on the Russian market, says the Kamaz’s press service.

Hollywood stars Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and Armand Assante arrived in Kazan yesterday on the eve of opening ceremony of the V Kazan International Muslim film festival “Golden Minbar”. Today they answered journalists’ questions at the press-centre of the film forum.

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa is an actor with large filmography – “Planet of the Apes”, “Memoirs of a Geisha”, “The Last Emperor”, “Pearl-Harbor”, “The Ghost” etc. Armand Assante took part in such films as “The Lost”, “American Ganster”, ”Two for the Money” and others.