Topic: Ramon Magsaysay Award
2022 Ramon Magsaysay Award recipients
Ramon Magsaysay Awards were announced recently. This year the award will go to Sothiara Chim, Psychiatrist (Cambodia), Tadashi Hattori, Ophthalmologist (Japan), Bernadette Madrid, Pediatrician (Philippines) and Gary Bencheghib,...
Vaccine scientist Dr Firdausi Qadri wins Ramon Magsaysay Award
Bangladeshi scientist, Dr Firdausi Qadri, won the Ramon Magsaysay Award. Who is Dr Firdausi Qadri? Dr Qadri is an emeritus scientist at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease...
P. Sainath awarded 2021 Fukuoka Prize
Noted journalist, P. Sainath, was selected as one of the three recipients of Fukuoka Prize 2021. Key Points Sainath will receive ‘Grand Prize’ of Fukuoka Prize. Academic Prize...
Asia’s Nobel Prize-Ramon Magsaysay Awards cancelled
A Manila, Philippines based foundation that gives out Ramon Magsaysay Award announced that the awards are being cancelled due to COVID-19. Highlights The Ramon Magsaysay Award has been...
Ravish Kumar wins 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award
Indian journalist Ravish Kumar (44) of NDTV news channel was chosen for 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award. He has been given this prestigious award in recognition for harnessing journalism...Ravish Kumar honoured with prestigious 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award
NDTV India’s senior executive editor, Ravish Kumar has been honoured with the prestigious 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award for his ‘ethical journalism’. Kumar has won the honour for his...Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk receive 2018 Ramon Magsaysay Award
Two Indians, Dr. Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk received the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2018 on August 31. The award, which is regarded as the Asian version...Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk wins 2018 Ramon Magsaysay Award
Two Indians, Dr. Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk are named among the six winners of the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for the year 2018. The Ramon Magsaysay Award... 2018 Ramon Magsaysay Award: Two Indians Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk awarded
Two Indians Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk are among six who have been declared winners of 2018 Ramon Magsaysay Award, often referred to as Asian version of the... Bezwada Wilson, TM Krishna win Ramon Magsaysay Award 2016
Two Indians, social activist Bezwada Wilson and musician TM Krishna, have won the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award 2016. They are among the total six awardees selected for the...
Eminent cartoonist RK Laxman passes away
Eminent cartoonist, illustrator and humorist Rasipuram Laxman passed away in Pune. He was 94. About Rasipuram Laxman Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Laxman (famously known as RK Laxman) was born on 24 October 1921...
