- The Anchor of NDTV - Ravish Kumar honored with the 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award. He won the award for his news show Prime Time which "deals with the Real-life, Problems of the common man.
- Kumar is the popular media personality and Managing Editor of NDTV India. He hosts numerous show such as- Prime Time, Hum Log and Ravish Ki Report, etc.
- Ko Swe Win from Myanmar, Angkhana Neelapaijit (Thailand), Raymundo Pujante Cayabyab from the Philippines, and Kim Jong-Ki (South Korea) are the winners of 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award.
- Indian's who won the Ramon Magsaysay Award in the journalism category are- Amitabha Chowdhury in 1961, Boobli George Verghese in 1975, Gour Kishore Ghosh in 1981, Arun Shourie in 1982, and Palagummi Sainath in 2007.
- The Ramon Magsaysay is an annual award named after Ramon Magsaysay, the 3rd President of the Philippines. It was established in April 1957.
Published On : 03 Aug 2019
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