Agra
drinks the sewage of Delhi; and Allahabad consumes the sewage
of both Delhi and Agra!
All
those who believe that the dire prediction of water shortage
is just plain talk, will have to think again. For, according
to one of India.s seniormost experts on the subject, the
day is not far when only 50% of the water available on tap
would be pure water and the rest, treated (or even untreated)
sewage.......more
Rajashree
Birla commits $1 million for polio eradication
Ms
Rajashree Birla, Honorary member of the Rotary Club of Bombay,
sprang a quiet surprise when she visited Rotary International's
headquarters at Evanston, Illinois, USA, recently........more
Rotary
Clubs get going in Myanmar
As
the humanitarian crisis worsened in Myanmar.s delta region
after a powerful cyclone hit it on May 3, a response team
of four speciallytrained volunteers moved into the devastated
areas to distribute more than 800 ShelterBox containers.........more
President
Dr. Rumi Jehangir and IPP Harry Singh Arora take turns to
light the traditional lamp at the "Global Cool"
programme...........more
CFL
bulbs to be provided at a big discount, thanks to Bajaj
Electricals
President
Dr. Rumi Jehangir, speaking before a gathering of around
350 people representing the Club's RCC partners from Trombay,
Wadala and Andheri, as also members of Self-Help Groups
for women from Andheri and Jogeshwari, appealed to them
to recognise the facts of global warming and to play their
role, however small, in reducing its impact........more
A
veteran is honoured for three decades of service; an activist
for ensuring good governance
He
is a senior anaesthetist who has handled probably a million
patients . he has put them under the ether, made all of
them unconscious, and then, almost miraculously, brought
them back to this world, with their senses intact...........more
May 20, 2008
The Somchand Parekh Award for Best Teacher to be presented
to Sister Eileen Gaitonde; and Ms Nicola M. Stephen
to receive the Late PP Taru Lalvani Award for Outstanding
Worker. Mrs. Usha Thorat, Deputy Governor of the Reserve
Bank of India, to speak.
May
27, 2008
Dr. Vikas Amte to be presented with the Rotary Award.
Prof. M.D. Nalapat, Professor of Geopolitics, Manipal
University, to address the Club on "The evolving
social structure in China".
All
those who believe that the dire prediction of water shortage
is just plain talk, will have to think again. For, according
to one of India.s seniormost experts on the subject, the
day is not far when only 50% of the water available on tap
would be pure water and the rest, treated (or even untreated)
sewage......
Ms
Rajashree Birla, Honorary member of the Rotary Club of Bombay,
sprang a quiet surprise when she visited Rotary International's
headquarters at Evanston, Illinois, USA, recently.......
President
Dr. Rumi Jehangir and IPP Harry Singh Arora take turns to
light the traditional lamp at the "Global Cool"
programme...........
President
Dr. Rumi Jehangir, speaking before a gathering of around
350 people representing the Club's RCC partners from Trombay,
Wadala and Andheri, as also members of Self-Help Groups
for women from Andheri and Jogeshwari, appealed to them
to recognise the facts of global warming and to play their
role, however small, in reducing its impact........
He
is a senior anaesthetist who has handled probably a million
patients . he has put them under the ether, made all of
them unconscious, and then, almost miraculously, brought
them back to this world, with their senses intact...........
May 20, 2008