NEW DELHI: The government has decided to continue granting Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama exemption from frisking at airports across the country, even as it has removed Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra from the list of people accorded this privilege.
Read moreTibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Saturday described India-Tibet as master and disciple. He spoke at the inauguration of a prayer hall at the Bylakuppe Tibetan Settlement camp.
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The Big Issue enjoyed more awards success at the PPA Scotland magazine awards, winning best Feature Writer and Cover of the Year.
The Big Issue toasted an early festive treat last night at a magazine awards bash in Edinburgh, winning two top prizes to round off a successful 2015
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A video, “Funeral #1” follows Ani Palden Choetso, a Buddhist nun and her trail of self-immolation on a street corner in Tawu town in eastern Tibet.
The eight-minute footage, smuggled out of Tibet, shows Choetso standing rock still, engulfed in flames, before collapsing. Later, a crowd gathers and prevents security officials from taking her body away.
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Britain has issued a rare rebuke to Beijing, slamming Chinese authorities’ “completely unacceptable” treatment of foreign journalists and diplomats who were manhandled by police and undercover agents outside a free speech trial in the capital.
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As China’s economy settles into slower growth, President Xi Jinping has been touting the benefits
of what he calls the “new normal,” including a more equitable distribution of income and less pollution.
The Obama administration has announced a $1.83bn (£1.22bn) arms sale to Taiwan in a deal that has antagonized China. The US said the deal was consistent with its “long-standing policy on arms sales to Taiwan”.
Read moreA family of Egyptian asylum-seekers whose children got stuck in foster care gave University of California, Irvine senior Mary Sargious a $10,000 idea.
Read moreBeijing: China expressed dissatisfaction on Monday over India-Japan agreement concerning the freedom of navigation in South China Sea. The agreement was signed during Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s recent visit to New Delhi.
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TONGREN, China — Two photographs grace the walls of the Tibetan farmer’s home. In the courtyard, affixed with silver tacks: Xi Jinping, smiling. Inside, by the light of a yak butter candle: the Dalai Lama in monk’s robes.
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