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25 killed in Israeli bombing of Gaza Strip

Apr 17, 2025

Gaza [Palestine], April 17: Twenty-five Palestinians were martyred, and 39 others were wounded over the past 24 hours as a result of Israeli army shelling of various areas in the Gaza Strip.
This brings the total number of martyrs to 51,025 and those wounded to 116,432 since October 7, 2023.
Palestinian medical sources reported that a number of the martyrs are still under the rubble of destroyed homes and facilities and in the streets, and that ambulance crews and specialised teams are unable to reach them due to limited capabilities.
Source: Emirates News Agency

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Banarasi Sarees: How The Panaya Is Carrying Varanasi's Looms Forward

Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 1: For more than five hundred years, the narrow lanes of Varanasi have echoed with the rhythmic clatter of handlooms. In small homes and family workshops along the Ganges, weavers sit for days, sometimes weeks, coaxing silk and gold thread into patterns their grandfathers once wove. The result is one of India's most recognised textiles - the Banarasi saree. Few brands have stayed as close to this original process as The Panaya, which works directly with weaving families in Varanasi rather than mass-market suppliers.

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