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Historic first: Indian NGO 'Educate Girls' wins Magsaysay award

'Educate Girls' was founded in 2007 by Safeena Husain, a graduate of the London School of Economics, then working in San Francisco, who decided to return home to India to take on the challenge of......

Journalist Ravish Kumar wins 2019 Magsaysay award

In electing Kumar to receive the 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award, the board of trustees recognises his unfaltering commitment to a professional, ethical journalism of the highest standards, the award......

Former Kerala health minister Shailaja rejects Magsaysay Award

Senior Communist Party of India-Marxist leader and former Kerala health minister K K Shailaja has declined to receive the Ramon Magsaysay Award as it was instituted in the name of late President of......

The Ramon Magsaysay Awards

Presenting the awardees of the 2005 Ramon Magsaysay Awards, given away on Monday.From left to right:Jon Ungphakorn of Thailand for government service, Teten Masduki of Indonesia for public service,......

Ravish Kumar receives 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award

The Indian media is in a state of "crisis" which is not accidental or random, but systemic and structural, prominent Indian journalist Ravish Kumar said in Manila on Monday as he received the......

Moving story of a Magsaysay winner

It had been only been a few days since the Magsaysay awards were announced but life was as usual for one of the winners. Not very surprising as Francis Kolandei, a name not many in India, let alone......

Interview with Magsaysay Award winner Aruna Roy

Ask Aruna Roy, one of the conveners of the People's Audit on Special Economic Zones, what is wrong with India's Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, and there's no stopping her. Fighting for the......

A business model that won an award and gave 'life' to the poor

As an NGO, IVDP has facilitated loans totalling Rs 2,406 crore.It was in 1979 that Kolandei Francis, this year's Ramon Magsaysay award winner started Integrated Village Development Programme to......

'Faster growth doesn't automatically ensure jobs'

Deep Joshi retired from the rural development NGO Professional Assistance for Development Action two years ago, but it took him nearly a month to find time for Lunch with BS. That wasn't because he......

Super cop Kiran Bedi replaces Kyunki

Former super cop and Magsaysay award winner Dr Kiran Bedi is all set to hit the small screen with her reality show Aap ki kachehri on Star Plus. The show replaces Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi.......

'I am ready to sell my stories'

Magsaysay Award winner Mahasweta Devi isset to have her stories adapted on film.After earning accolades forthe Bengali teleserialProti Chuanno Minute (Every 54 Minutes), which she wrote, the......

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News for Magsaysay Award

Historic first: Indian NGO 'Educate Girls' wins Magsaysay award

Journalist Ravish Kumar wins 2019 Magsaysay award

Former Kerala health minister Shailaja rejects Magsaysay Award

The Ramon Magsaysay Awards

Ravish Kumar receives 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award

Moving story of a Magsaysay winner

Interview with Magsaysay Award winner Aruna Roy

A business model that won an award and gave 'life' to the poor

'Faster growth doesn't automatically ensure jobs'

Super cop Kiran Bedi replaces Kyunki

'I am ready to sell my stories'

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