Exile

DHARAMSALA, 30 April: The COVID- 19 Task Force of the Central Tibetan Administration reported a new weekly high of 352 COVID-19 positive cases among exiled Tibetans in the past week as India battles the deadly second wave of the pandemic.

DHARAMSALA 28 April: India today opened COVID-19 vaccine registration for people aged between 18 and 44 years as it flagged off its largest vaccination drive.

DHARAMSALA, 28 April: The Tibetan Parliament-in-exile(TPIE ) has announced that it will hold an additional session for a day in May.

DHARAMSALA, 27 April: The Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has expressed his “concern” over the “continuing challenge” the COVID-19 poses as the world reels under the pandemic.

DHARAMSALA, 26 April: ”Human rights abuses and political repression have reached the level of ‘crimes against humanity, with an increasing number of cases of extrajudicial killings, torture, and arbitrary detention being committed in a wide-ranging and systematic manner,” the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), a Dharamsala-based rights group said in its annual report.

DHARAMSALA, 26 April: The US has renewed its call on the Chinese government for the unconditional release of the 11th Panchen Lama Gendun Choeky Nyima and his family as exiled Tibetans commemorated his 32nd birthday anniversary.

DHARAMSALA, 23 April: As many as 260 COVID-19 positive cases, a new weekly high was reported among exiled Tibetans in India and Nepal in the past week, the Covid- 19 Task Force of the Central Tibetan Administration said.

DHARAMSALA 20 April:   In the wake of rising COVID-19 positive cases, Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district today announced the imposition of daily night curfew, weekend lockdown to contain the spread of the pandemic in the region.

DHARAMSALA, 20 April:  The Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has wished India’s former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh a swift recovery after the latter tested positive for the COVID-19.

DHARAMSALA 17 April: The Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA) has elected its new central executive members on the last day of its 13th General Body meeting held here in the exile headquarters of the Tibetan people.