Vempati will succeed lyricist and advertising professional Prasoon Joshi, who was recently appointed chairman of Prasar Bharati by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) 

 The UAE apart from being India’s close ally is also one of the top five energy suppliers to New Delhi. 

 Actor-politician Vijay-led TVK has won 108 of the 234 Assembly seats, just short of the 118 required for a majority. 

 A 35-year-old tourist from Shirur rescued after he fell nearly 150 feet into a gorge at Sinhagad Fort in Maharashtra’s Pune on Wednesday evening while trying to click sunset photographs 

 A 35-year-old tourist from Shirur rescued after he fell nearly 150 feet into a gorge at Sinhagad Fort in Maharashtra’s Pune on Wednesday evening while trying to click sunset photographs