‘The Banarasi sari will never die, despite all the lows. It’s about every girl’s dream’
An excerpt from ‘Banaras: Of Gods, Humans and Stories’, Nilosree Biswas and Irfan Nabi Farid, a weaver of Banrasi saris, working on the loom.
The sense of the peripheral is malleable for Banaras and, thus, a peepal tree can act as the most validating mapping indicator of a mohalla. Having probed multiple times about the specific peepal tree that stood on the yellow courtyard opposite a stone artisan’s workshop, eventually one could land up at Jagannath Prasad’s house.
A master artisan of Banarasi sarees and a second-generation weaver, Jagannath’s story is deeply connected to the history of arts in Banaras that somewhere converge on the complex checkered story of artisans and weavers of this city at large.
Prayagraj: Gearing up to blunt the possible third Covid wave affecting children, the health department has taken up prompt measures to set up two Paediatrics Intensive Care Unit (PICU) with 40 beds and 100 beds facilities in city area and 10 beds each in four community health centres in rural areas.
Moreover, around 100 medical and paramedical staff were also imparted training by Dr Ajit Singh, senior paediatrician and master trainer of Prayagraj district at Dufferin and TB Sapru hospitals.
Dr Varun Kwatra, public health expert told TOI that the health department is setting up two PICU in city pockets including TB Sapru (40 Beds) and MLN Medical College (100 beds facility).
Prayagraj: Covid-19 immunisation has gained pace in the Sangam City as the number of daily inoculations has neared the 20,000-mark for the first time .
Prayagraj: With 14 more vaccination centres set up in urban and rural areas, the district now has 35 centres for vaccination for the 18-44 age group. The 21 rural and 14 urban centres in the district will remain open from 10 am to 4pm from Monday to Saturday.
Additional chief medical officer and nodal officer (Covid-19) Dr Rishi Sahai told reporters that the 21 rural vaccination centres include CHCs in Jasra, Chaka, Kotwa Bani, Saidabad, Handia, Pratappur, Baharia, Mauaima, Soraon, Shankargarh, Koraon, Holagarh, Pratappur, Kaudhiyara, Karchana, Manda, Meja, Ram Nagar, Phulpur, Kaurihar and the PHC in Jhunsi. The 14 urban vaccination centres include MLN Medical College, District Women Hospital, MD Eye Hospital, Railway Hospital, TB Sapru Hospital, ESI Naini, Government TB Hospital, Military Hospital, Air Force Bamrauli, Thapar Polyclinic Old Cantt, SRN Hospital, MLN Divisional Hospital, High Court and Urban PHC in Daraganj. Dr Sahai also said that all 35 are open for the 18-44 age g
14 May 2021
COVID-19 patients and their families await oxygen cylinders at the LLR Hospital, in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur city, on 20 April 2021. Ajay Singh Bisht, the chief minister who is commonly referred to as Adityanath, has repeatedly said there is no shortage of tests, medicines, oxygen, and hospital beds, but the narratives from the state’s rural areas contradict every claim. PTI
COVID-19 patients and their families await oxygen cylinders at the LLR Hospital, in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur city, on 20 April 2021. Ajay Singh Bisht, the chief minister who is commonly referred to as Adityanath, has repeatedly said there is no shortage of tests, medicines, oxygen, and hospital beds, but the narratives from the state’s rural areas contradict every claim.