New Delhi, August 2: Journalist Ravish Kumar has been awarded the prestigious  Ramon Magsaysay Award 2019 for "harnessing journalism to give voice to the voiceless". NDTV's Kumar is among the five recipients of the 2019 Magsaysay award, the Asian equivalent of the Nobel.  Act Against Mobile Users Who Abused Journalists Ravish Kumar, Abhisar Sharma; Crackdown on Obscene Messages: Govt to Telecom Operators.

The award citation said Ravish Kumar, 44, who is NDTV India's senior executive editor is one of India's most influential TV journalists. It further describes Kumar as a sober, incisive and well-informed anchor who has been most vocal in insisting that the professional values of balanced, fact-based reporting be upheld in practice. "If you have become the voice of the people, you are a journalist," it said.

The awards will be presented at a ceremony in Manila on September 9, 2019.

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Ko Swe Win from Myanmar, Angkhana Neelapaijit from Thailand, Raymundo Pujante Cayabyab from Philippines and Kim Jong-Ki from South Korea are the other four winners.

Ramon Magsaysay Award celebrates the memory and leadership example of the third Philippine president after whom the award is named, and is given every year to individuals or organisations in Asia who manifest the same selfless service and transformative influence that ruled the life of the late and beloved Filipino leader.

(With inputs from PTI)

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