Bihar Special GK PYQ 563 of 603 · Current Events : Bihar

Which Indian journalist and media personality, a native of Bihar, has received the Magsaysay Award for the year 2019?

  1. ADeepak Chaurasia
  2. BRavish Kumar
  3. CMeenakshi Joshi
  4. DPankaj Bhargava
  5. ENone of the above / More than one of the above

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Correct answer: (b) Ravish Kumar

Explanation

In 2019, Ravish Kumar, then a television journalist at NDTV, was honoured with the Ramon Magsaysay Award for the year 2019. Through his well-known programme “Prime Time”, Ravish Kumar prominently raised social, economic and political issues of national and regional importance. Ravish Kumar is from East Champaran district of Bihar.

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