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  Magsaysay award 2023 winner Assam-based oncologist Dr Ravi Kannan: All you need to know about him

  India | September 01, 2023 12:36 IST

  Magsaysay 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 | July 26, 2018 19:30 IST

  Youk 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 | July 26, 2018 18:42 IST

  The 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 | December 30, 2014 22:37 IST

  Gurgaon: 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