Taiwanese vegetable vendor is among Asia’s Nobel winners
July 26th, 2012 - 7:11 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Manila, July 26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A vegetable vendor is among the winners of the Nobel price of Asia. Chen Shu-chu who is of Taiwanese origin was awarded by the Ramon Magsaysay Award ... Read more...
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Self respect, not charity is our belief: Magsaysay winner
July 26th, 2012 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 26 (IANS) Our belief is in self respect, empowering women, removal of poverty through self help groups and not in charity, said Kulandei Francis, a 2012 winner of ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Indian wins Ramon Magasaysay Award
July 26th, 2012 - 1:30 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 25 (IANS) India's Kulandei Francis is one of the six winners of the prestigious Ramon Magasaysay Award for 2012, announced by the organisers in Manila Wednesday.Francis is being ... Read more...
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The year of social activism in India (2011 in Retrospect)
December 18th, 2011 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) With Anna Hazare stealing much of the media limelight, social activists this year mounted a determined offensive over issues ranging from corruption and black ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Abdul Sattar Edhi: the salve on Pakistan’s wounds
December 4th, 2011 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) In conflict-hit Pakistan, his men are amongst the first to reach when terror strikes or when disaster does. Abdul Sattar Edhi, 83, who has ... Read more...
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Kejriwal forks out Rs.9.7 lakh in dues, writes to PM (Lead)
November 3rd, 2011 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal, an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, Thursday returned Rs.9.27 lakh dues to the Income Tax department "under protest".Accusing the ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
The men and the woman behind Team Anna
August 28th, 2011 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
Anna Hazare has become a powerful brand for people-driven change. But a brand is not built in isolation. It took, amongst others, the father-son due of a former law minister ... Read more...
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Anna Hazare, Kejriwal, Bedi detained (Lead)
August 16th, 2011 - 10:47 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Amid high drama, Gandhian activist Anna Hazare was detained Tuesday morning by the Delhi Police as he was about to set out for his fast ... Read more...
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Indians Nileema Mishra, Harish Hande win Magsaysay Award (Lead)
July 27th, 2011 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, July 27 (IANS) Two Indians, Neelima Mishra and Harish Hande, are among the five individuals and one organisation cited for the Magsaysay Award, it was announced here Wednesday.Nileema ... Read more...
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Indians Harish Hande, Nileema Mishra win Magsaysay Award
July 27th, 2011 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, July 27 (IANS) Two Indians, Harish Hande and Neelima Mishra are among the five individuals and one organisation cited for the Magsaysay Award, it was announced here Wednesday.Harish Hande ... Read more...
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Key faces of Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption crusade
April 9th, 2011 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Anna Hazare's anti-corruption campaign, which has captured the imagination of the nation like no other, has some high-profile faces lending it weight and substance. Here ... Read more...
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Magsaysay winner spurns NREGS award
February 3rd, 2011 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 3 (IANS) After once turning down the prize money of the prestigious Magsaysay Award, IIT professor-turned-activist Sandeep Pandey has now spurned a union government sponsored NREGS Achievement Award citing the ... Read more...
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Montek, Iyengar among Padma awardees for public service
January 25th, 2011 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and noted nuclear scientist P.K. Iyengar were among the seven Padma awardees in the public affairs section this year. ... Read more...
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Aruna Roy presented Lal Bahadur Shastri Award
October 1st, 2010 - 7:09 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 1 (ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil gave away the prestigious 'Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management for 2010' to renowned social activist ... Read more...
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Bangladeshi wins Magsaysay award
August 3rd, 2010 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Aug 3 (IANS) Bangladesh's A.H.M. Noman Khan is one of the seven people chosen for the 2010 Ramon Magsaysay Award for his work among the disabled.
"In electing Noman the board recognised ... Read more...
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Japan’s anti-nuclear activist wins Ramon Magsaysay Award
August 2nd, 2010 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, Aug 2 (DPA) A Japanese anti-nuclear activist was among the seven people chosen to receive the 2010 Ramon Magsaysay Award, Asia's equivalent to the Nobel Prize, organisers said Monday.
Tadatoshi Akiba was ... Read more...
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Not approached yet, but ready to be CIC: Kiran Bedi
November 23rd, 2009 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
By Alkesh Sharma
Patiala (Punjab), Nov 23 (IANS) Former top cop and Ramon Magsaysay award winner Kiran Bedi, whose name has been proposed by civil society members for the job of Chief ... Read more...
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Swaminathan to skip Sri Lanka till Tamil issue is settled
August 12th, 2009 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
By M.R. Narayan Swamy
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Internationally renowned Indian agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan has put off plans to visit Sri Lanka to help it revive its farm sector until the ... Read more...
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PM hopes Deep Joshi’s work will inspire others
August 4th, 2009 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) Congratulating Indian social activist Deep Joshi on winning the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said his work should inspire others to dedicate ... Read more...
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Magsaysay award is celebration of an idea: Deep Joshi
August 4th, 2009 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) Indian social activist Deep Joshi, one of the winners of this year's Ramon Magsaysay award for his pioneering work in the development of rural communities, says the ... Read more...
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‘Superstition hinders healthcare in tribal Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh’
April 2nd, 2009 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Thirty-five years ago, Hemalkasa village in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district had no power, no healthcare facilities and no road connection to the outside world. Today it has a ... Read more...
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Distinguished Haryanavi? Come own a plot!
February 17th, 2009 - 3:53 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 17 (IANS) Being a domicile of Haryana and having achieved distinction in certain areas of public life could help you own a plot - an initiative by the government to ... Read more...
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Kiran Bedi advocates tougher laws to fight terrorism
September 25th, 2008 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Sep 24 (IANS) Kiran Bedi, the first woman IPS officer, Wednesday said strong anti-terror laws were needed to tackle the growing menace of terrorism in India.Bedi, who was here to interact ... Read more...
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Ramon Magsaysay Award 2008 will be given to Dr Therdchai Jivacate
August 2nd, 2008 - 1:18 pm ICT by Amrit Rashmisrisethi
The Ramon Magsaysay Award 2008 , is won by Therdchai Jivacate (a Thai), secretary-general of the Prostheses Foundation. The countries which were part of the achievement the Philippines, India, Indonesia, Japan,Sri ... Read more...
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Maharashtra governor, chief minister greet Amtes
July 31st, 2008 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 31 (IANS) Maharashtra Governor S.C. Jamir and Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh Thursday paid rich tributes to Prakash and Mandakini Amte who have been jointly conferred this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award ... Read more...
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Prakash and Mandakini Amte get Ramon Magsaysay Award
July 31st, 2008 - 6:52 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur , July 31 (ANI): Prakash and Mandakini Amte , India s philanthropist doctors, were declared winners of the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award.They were given this award for their contributions ... Read more...
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Treat child workers under bonded labour law: child rights panel
June 12th, 2008 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
Treat child workers under bonded labour law: child rights panel(June 12 is world day against child labour)
By Azera Rahman
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Rescued child workers should be treated as bonded labour ... Read more...
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Kiran Bedi awarded in Munich for prison reforms
March 15th, 2008 - 11:47 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Kiran Bedi, India's first woman Indian Police Service (IPS) officer who took premature retirement recently, has been given the Annemarie-Madison prize for initiating reforms at Delhi's Tihar ... Read more...
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‘Delhi not doing enough to revive dead Yamuna’
February 21st, 2008 - 10:58 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Environmentalists and activists Thursday said the Yamuna river is almost "dead" and called upon Delhi's civil society to come together to save the 55-million-year-old river. "Yamuna is ... Read more...
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President Pratibha Patil, Manmohan Singh condole Baba Amte’s death
February 9th, 2008 - 4:12 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Feb 9 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today expressed their condolences on the passing away of the noted Gandhian leader, Baba Amte.
In his condolence ... Read more...
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PM expresses condolence on passing away of Baba Amte
February 9th, 2008 - 11:31 am ICT by admin
New Delhi, Feb 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today expressed his condolences on the passing away of the famous Gandhian leader, Baba Amte.
In his condolence message, Dr. Singh said: ... Read more...
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Baba Amte passes away
February 9th, 2008 - 10:17 am ICT by admin
Chandrapur (Maharashtra), Feb 9 (ANI): Noted social reformer Murlidhar Devidas Amte alias Baba Amte passed away at his 'Anandwan' ashram here on Saturday. He was 94.He is survived by two sons.Ramon ... Read more...
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President Patil condoles passing away of Jaipur foot inventor
January 7th, 2008 - 10:15 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Jan 7 (ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil today condoled the passing away of the inventor of the Jaipur foot, Dr Pramod Karan Sethi.Dr. Sethi was a renowned orthopaedic surgeon ... Read more...
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