You have a vital role to play in changing the course of this pandemic. You have the knowledge and experience honed from decades of battling polio. There are many things we still don’t know about Covid but
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Four years ago, Kamla Singh and Mary Condorlna, both 16, from remote villages in Odisha, would not have imagined in their wildest dreams that they will be trainees at the
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History is full of catastrophes, rebirths and incredible accomplishments that seemed impossible in the darkest moments. Rotary was born in Chicago in 1905. Only 34 years before that, the entire city had burned to the ground with only a handful of structures still standing. Some wondered if
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Those who think that after the Covid pandemic it will be “business as usual”, are wrong, as “ that will be impossible,” said RI President Holger Knaack, at his inaugural address at the Taipei virtual convention. Rotarians will have to adapt to and embrace change, and think
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The Otto and Fran Walter Foundation has pledged $15.5 million to The Rotary Foundation to start a Rotary Peace Center in the Middle East or North Africa. The new centre will offer a professional development
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His demeanour gives you no clue of the tremendous pressure he is facing. His 75-bed Kotbagi Hospital is looking after 100 Covid patients when I interview him in late April. “The Covid situation in Pune is terrible, and in the 45 days we’ve been going crazy. We
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Keeping in mind the need for sustainable water conservation, RC Belthangady, RID 3181, has carried out a clutch of innovative, replicable and money-saving water conservation
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With the second wave of Covid surge causing untold misery, leading to panic in hospitals and an overburdened healthcare system and government
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You want to hide under the chair when RI Director Elect A S Venkatesh says casually about solving Sudoku puzzles, his favourite pursuit apart from playing bridge. When his wife Vinita says “he is doing Sudoku all the time”, he responds: “But after a point, even the extremely
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A decade ago, I completed one of the greatest achievements of my life. My husband
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