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Safeena Husain (left), the founder of Foundation to Educate Girls Globally, with a group in Rajasthan. (AP/File)

Magsaysay Award for Educate Girls honours a movement that brings rural girls back to learning

September 02, 2025 12:32 pm

From 50 villages in Rajasthan, the organisation has expanded to over 30,000 villages, mobilising more than 1.4 million girls into schools

Magsaysay for Indian NGO working to educate girls who drop out of school

September 01, 2025 3:48 am

Educate Girls has made history as the first Indian organisation to receive the award, a statement from the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF) said in Manila.

Indian NGO ‘Educate Girls’ wins Ramon Magsaysay Award: What is this honour

August 31, 2025 9:56 pm

The Ramon Magsaysay Award is widely considered Asia’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize. This year, Educate Girls has become the first Indian organisation to win it. Here's what to know.

Hayao Miyazaki wins Magsaysay Award: Why his animated films resonate with audiences across ages

September 03, 2024 12:15 pm

Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki’s films are synonymous with gentle and aesthetically pleasing visuals, many of which are meticulously hand-drawn by Miyazaki. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also posted about his "masterpieces" recently.

UPSC Current Affairs Pointers of the past week | August 26 to September 1, 2024

October 01, 2024 10:59 am

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Cambodian, Japanese among winners of Magsaysay Awards 2022

August 31, 2022 5:04 pm

The annual awards, announced Wednesday, are named after a Philippine president who died in a 1957 plane crash, and honour “greatness of spirit in selfless service to the peoples of Asia.” They are to be presented in Manila on November 30.

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August 5, 1982, Forty Years Ago: Failed Hijacking

August 04, 2022 10:51 pm

The four-hour hijacking of an Indian Airlines Boeing ended uneventfully at Amritsar’s Rajasansi airport with the hijacker, Gurbax Singh Majitia, surrendering to the police.

Virus forces cancellation of Asian peace prize

June 09, 2020 10:31 am

The Philippines is a coronavirus hotspot in Southeast Asia, with about 22,400 infections, including more than 1,000 deaths.

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Ravish Kumar receives 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award, says Indian media in state of crisis

September 09, 2019 5:34 pm

Ravish, who is a Managing Editor and news anchor with NDTV said, "Indian media is in a state of crisis and this crisis is not accidental or random, but systemic and structural. Being a journalist has become a solitary endeavour."

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Magsaysay winner says he was put under house arrest thrice, Lucknow DM denies charge

August 18, 2019 5:37 pm

The social activist said they were prevented from going to Hazratganj in Lucknow on August 16, where they were scheduled to hold a candlelight demonstration near the Mahatma Gandhi statue against the scrapping of the special status for Jammu and Kashmir.