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Indian politician declines Magsaysay Award under party pressure

On: September 5, 2022

By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Sept 5, 2022: A Marxist politician in a southern Indian state has declined the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2022 reportedly under party pressure. The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation had selected K K Shailaja, former health minister of Kerala state, for the 64th Magsaysay awardContinue Reading

Kerala health minister tops 50 world thinkers

By: Matters India

On: September 2, 2020

In: Indians Abroad

New Delhi, Sept 2, 2020: A UK-based online magazine has ranked K K Shailaja, the health minister of the southern Indian state of Kerala, the top among 50 world thinkers. “So deft was her handling of a 2018 outbreak of the deadly Nipah disease that it was commemorated in aContinue Reading