Varanasi and Jaipur make it to Unesco's Creative City Network

NEW DELHI: For the first time, two indian cities have made it to the Unesco's Creative City Network. The PM's constituency Varanasi and Rajasthan's capital Jaipur have made it to the network in the categories — City of Craft and City of Music. The Director General Unesco on Friday declared Varanasi and Jaipur under its Creative Cities Network. Launched in 2004, the Unesco Creative Cities Network aims to strengthen cooperation with and among cities that have recognised creativity as astrategic factor of sustainable development as regards economic, social, cultural and environmental aspects.