A training workshop for young women to protect themselves from molesters and stalkers was conducted by Rotary Club of Poona, D 3131. A team of ­national-level ­professionals gave hands-on training to the participants. “Such a need in unarmed ­combat was

One year is all you have, go forth and work with passion. You have such powerful leadership in your zones. You have Kalyan Banerjee, Raja Saboo and K R Ravindran, and the directors, past, present and future. What Basker has done in membership is truly impressive. You

Rotary means service and our Four-way Test conveys that each of our actions should benefit the needy.  We, at Rotary Club of Navi Mumbai, have incorporated the same in most of our functions and  operations. To mention a few;   Meal

It was love at first sight when I saw Kuchipudi for the very first time when I was barely ten years old. My mother took me to learn the dance form from the illustrious guru, Vempati Chinna Satyam who had me spellbound with his graceful movements and

Did you know that more than 150 nations have issued over 1,000 postage stamps honouring Rotary on various occasions. This is the highest tribute paid ever to any organisation by a nation. The first ever Rotary Postage Stamp was issued in Austria to

It was an irony of fate that a communicator par excellence as Atal Bihari Vajpayee had to spend almost the last decade of his life in virtual silence. If irony has a macabre element, this was it. Fortunately for Atalji, as he was popularly known, history and

Did you know? The first World Cup football match kicked off in Uruguay on July 13, 1930 with France beating Mexico 4 to 1. 13 teams played in the first World Cup — Uruguay, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, France, Mexico,

Following the record for the ‘Largest human image of a foot’ on World Polio Day, Rotary Club of ­Berhampur, D 3262, entered the India Book of Records for the ­second time by creating the ‘Largest sand art of an eye’ as part of Rotary Day celebrations on

Eminent agricultural scientist Prof M S ­Swaminathan, Founder, M S ­Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, has been conferred the Doctor of Letters (D Lit) degree by the ITM ­University, ­Gwalior, for his ­‘unparalleled contribution to mankind’ at a Special Convocation held at the Foundation in ­Chennai. Presenting the

Rotary Club of Mithila, D 3250, hosted a beauty pageant in Mithila, a town in North Bihar. To raise funds for treatment of breast cancer for needy women, the ‘Miss and Mrs Brand ­Mithilanchal’ event was organised, said Club President Dr Ranjana R Mishra. The aim was