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Nirmala Sitharaman hails anime director Miyazaki on winning Magsaysay Award
Film director and Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki has been honoured with this year's prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award.
Published on Sep 01, 2024 07:21 PM IST
HT This Day: August 1, 1992 -- Magsaysay award for Pandit Ravi Shankar
Born to a Bengali Brahmin family in 1920, Ravi Shankar went to Paris in the footsteps of his elder brother who formed Europe’s first Indian dance company
Updated on Jul 31, 2024 04:13 PM IST
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MS Swaminathan, father of India’s ‘Green Revolution,’ passes away at 98
Swaminathan was instrumental in developing high-yielding varieties of paddy that helped ensure India’s low-income farmers produce more yield.
Updated on Sep 28, 2023 12:52 PM IST
Assam-based oncologist among winners of 2023 Ramon Magsaysay Award
Ravi Kannan moved to Assam’s Silchar with his wife, Seeta, from Chennai in 2007 to take charge of the Cachar Cancer Hospital and Research Centre.
Updated on Sep 01, 2023 01:48 AM IST
Biswa Kalyan Purkayastha
‘To her, patients always came first’: Cancer care pioneer dies at 93
V Shanta was on the WHO Advisory Committee on Cancer till March 2005. She was a recipient of several national and international awards including the Ramon Magsasay award for public service, Padma Shri (1986), Padma Bhushan (2006) and Padma Vibhushan (2016).
Published on Jan 20, 2021 12:02 AM IST
Divya Chandrababu, Chennai