Veteran journalist Aakiri Ramakrishna Rao passes away

Former news editor of Doordarshan Aakiri Ramakrishna Rao retired as news editor of DDK in Hyderabad.

Hyderabad: Former news editor of Doordarshan Aakiri Ramakrishna Rao passed away here on Tuesday. He was 78 and survived by his wife, son, daughter, and grandchildren.

Ramkrishna Rao was a veteran journalist who started his career in all-India radio and later switched over to Doordarshan when the government ran a broadcasting organisation and began news capsules in the Hyderabad center. He retired as news editor of DDK in Hyderabad.

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Post his retirement selected in Visakhapatnam and was suffering from ill health. The funeral will be held in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday.