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Visakhapatnam has all the trappings of being the maritime gateway of Andhra Pradesh, says Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu

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Visakhapatnam has all the trappings of being the maritime gateway of Andhra Pradesh, says Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Vice Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Naval Command, during the special operational demo organised in Visakhapatnam on January 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: K.R. DEEPAK Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on January 4, 2025 (Saturday) stressed the need to transform Visakhapatnam into … Read more

Chabahar | India’s gateway to Central Asia

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Chabahar | India’s gateway to Central Asia

Before Partition, the town of Chabahar (earlier known as Tiz) was right at India’s doorstep, situated in Iran’s Sistan Baluchistan province where the Panchatantra was once read in Persian (entitled ‘Kalileh-wa-Dimna’), and Hindustani Urdu is understood and spoken commonly. But ties between independent India and Iran, before the 1979 revolution, were never very close, given … Read more