Two persons were killed and 34 others injured when the tractor trolley they were travelling in was hit by a truck on the Ayodhya highway on Wednesday morning, police said.
‘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).