DHARAMSALA, 5 Dec: To preserve the ecological balance of the Triund trek in the Dhauladhar range, Forest Department officials have established a checkpost at Gallu to collect fees from trekkers, as reported by The Tribune. The regulations, effective immediately, encompass a cap on the number of trekkers allowed per day, the imposition of a trekking fee, and restrictions on overnight stays.

By Tsering Choephel

DHARAMSALA, 28 Nov: Golok Palden, a Tibetan singer from Golok in the traditional Tibetan province of Amdo, was sentenced to three years of imprisonment by the Chinese authorities on the accusation of singing a Tibetan ‘patriotic song,’ as reported by Tibet Times on 27 November.

By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 2 Dec: Amidst a rise in respiratory illnesses and a cluster of pneumonia cases in China, with children as the main victims, five US Republican senators, led by Marco Rubio, wrote a letter on Friday asking President Joe Biden to impose a travel ban between the US and China, as reported by Hindustan Times today.

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