DHARAMSALA, 7 Jan: The Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has expressed deep sadness at the extensive loss of life and many injuries caused by the devastating earthquake that struck Tingri County in Shigatse City in the traditional Tibetan province of U-Tsang earlier this morning.
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DHARAMSALA, Jan 7: An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale struck Tingri(Chinese: Dingri) County in Shigatse City in the traditional Tibetan province of U-Tsang earlier this morning, killing 95 people and injuring 130 others, according to reports from Chinese state-run media.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 6 Jan – China has reportedly declared a health emergency due to a seasonal rise in Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) after five years of the COVID-19 outbreak. However, the World Health Organisation hasn’t officially confirmed whether China has declared a health emergency.
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 3 Dec: The Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, with his entourage, has temporarily departed from his residence in Dharamsala for a month-long sojourn in the Tibetan refugee settlement of Bylakuppe in Karnataka around 9:30 am today.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA , Dec 31: A delegation of the India-Tibet Cooperation Movement (ITCM), Vidarbha unit, submitted a memorandum to Nagpur District Collector Vipin Itankar today, urging India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take urgent steps against China’s recent approval of the construction of a massive hydropower project on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, reported The Times of India
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 30 Dec: China has deployed approximately 400 Military personnel at Larung Gar, the world’s largest Tibetan Buddhist Study Centre in occupied Tibet on 20 December, according to a report by the Central Tibetan Administration(CTA).
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By Ginger Duan
In July 2024, Jigme Gyaltsen Ethnic Vocational High School, which had operated independently for 30 years, announced its closure. Known as the best Tibetan-language educational institution and a private welfare school in the greater Tibetan region, it has now come to an end. The author of this article once served as an IT technician at the school, handling numerous digital archives and witnessing the establishment, struggles, development, and eventual forced closure of this institution on this land. Now living overseas, the author learned of the school’s shutdown. However, due to censorship, former colleagues and Tibetan friends could not convey their sorrow. The author took up the pen to write this detailed recollection.
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By: Gabriel Lafitte | Rukor At the end of 2024 an intensive scenario planning exercise on the future of Tibet was
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DHARAMSALA, 27 Dec: Canada Tibet Committee’s (CTC) Executive Director Sherap Therchin expressed disappointment and felt let down by the lack of support he and his colleagues received from the Tibetan community and the administration in exile after they were sanctioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Chinese Communist Government on Sunday, though they received overwhelming support from the Canadian Government and Parliament.
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DHARAMSALA 26, Dec: China has approved the construction of the world’s riskiest Hydropower project on Tibet’s longest river, Yarlung Tsangpo, which flows into India through Arunachal Pradesh (AP) as Siang River on Wednesday, according to an official statement by the Chinese state-run Xinhua News Agency.
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