Ramon Magsaysay Award
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Magsaysay award winner Sandeep Pandey among three detained in Gujarat

The activists were detained from Godhra  on Sunday. The Hindu-Muslim Ekta Samiti in a statement condemned the police action. 

published on : 27th September 2022
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KK Shailaja: A teacher who contained Nipah outbreak, then rose to become Covid slayer

So when Kerala reported the first ever case of covid in the country, the health department in the state was well prepared.

published on : 11th September 2022
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Defensive CPM tries to explain why Shailaja made to say ‘no’

CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury and state secretary M V Govindan, went to great lengths to explain why accepting such an award would have clashed with the party’s inherent ideology. 

published on : 5th September 2022
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Magsaysay Award: Goals achieved, huge opportunity missed for Kerala Model of healthcare?

A section of health experts feels the impact of such an award on the recipient’s  field of work and public in general would have been big.

published on : 5th September 2022
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No to Magsaysay Award for KK Shailaja: Sitaram Yechury defends party stand 

Left leaders who spoke on the issue have claimed that Magsaysay was a staunch anti-Communist who oversaw the defeat of Communists in the Philippines in the 1950s.

published on : 4th September 2022
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CPM scuttled Ramon Magsaysay Award for former Kerala health minister KK Shailaja

Ex-health minister consulted party leadership after being selected for award, but they decided against her accepting it

published on : 4th September 2022
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Cambodian psychiatrist helping genocide survivors wins 'Asia's Nobel Prize'

The foundation that runs the award announced four winners in an online announcement.

published on : 31st August 2022
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Hope Ramon Magsaysay Award will raise awareness on mental illnesses: Dr Bharat Vatwani

Dr Vatwani and his psychiatrist wife Smitha started providing free shelter, food and treatment to mentally-ill destitutes and formed the Shraddha Rehabilitation Foundation in 1988.

published on : 27th July 2018
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Ramon Magsaysay Award a recognition of mountain minorities’ struggle: Sonam Wangchuk

The Ladakhi engineer, who was the inspiration for Aamir Khan’s character in the movie 3 Idiots, won the award for his contribution in harnessing nature, culture and education for community progress.

published on : 27th July 2018
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Two Indians among 2018 Ramon Magsaysay Award winners

Bharat Vaswani and Sonam Wangchuk are among six individuals who were declared winners of the award, regarded as the Asian version of the Nobel Prize.

published on : 26th July 2018