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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

How Kerala’s rock star health minister became coronavirus slayer

By: Matters India

On: May 16, 2020

In: Profiles

By Laura Spinney Thiruvananthapuram, May 16, 2020: On January 20, K K Shailaja phoned one of her medically trained deputies. She had read online about a dangerous new virus spreading in China. “Will it come to us?” she asked. “Definitely, Madam,” he replied. And so the health minister of theContinue Reading