Ramon Magsaysay Award
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Magsaysay award 2023 winner Assam-based oncologist Dr Ravi Kannan: All you need to know about him
India | Sep 01, 2023, 12:36 PM ISTMagsaysay award: Indian doctor Ravi Kannan R, a surgical oncologist, left a key post in the Adyar Cancer Institute, a major cancer treatment facility in the southern Indian city of Chennai, to work and live in an impoverished northeastern rural region, where access to medical care was difficult.
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Ramon Magsaysay Award 2018: India’s Bharat Vatwani, Sonam Wangchuk among winners
India | Jul 26, 2018, 07:30 PM ISTYouk Chhang from Cambodia, Maria de Lourdes Martins Cruz from East Timor, Howard Dee from the Philippines and Vo Thi Hoang Yen rom Vietnam are other winners of the award.
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Sonam Wangchuk, Bharat Vatwani named for Magsaysay Award
People | Jul 26, 2018, 06:42 PM ISTThe prestigious award is given to persons -- regardless of race, nationality, creed or gender -- who address issues of human development in Asia with courage and creativity.
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Noted journalist B G Verghese dead
India | Dec 30, 2014, 10:37 PM ISTGurgaon: Eminent journalist B G Verghese, a Ramon Magsaysay award winner and former editor of leading dailies Hindustan Times and Indian Express, died here today at the age of 87 after brief illness.Verghese was diagnosed