DHARAMSALA, Jan 23: Two days after Pope Francis told a group of journalists that a date has been “fixed” for a meeting with the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama, China on Wednesday urged the Vatican to create conditions for better bilateral ties.
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DHARAMSALA, Jan 22: Dhongthog Trulku Tenpai Gyaltsen also known as Dhongthog Rinpoche, a widely respected Tibetan scholar who was also a reincarnated lama has passed away earlier this month in the American city of Seattle.
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[dalailama.com] New Delhi, India, 20 January 2015 – In response to an invitation from the Director Dr Prof HK Kar and members of the faculty, His Holiness the Dalai Lama visited Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital today. Formerly known as the Willingdon Hospital, it was originally founded in the early 20th century during the British Raj to treat government staff.
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BEIJING, Jan 19: China on Monday lodged a protest with Tokyo after Japanese media quoted Japan’s foreign minister as saying that a disputed border region between China and India belonged to India, in the latest source of friction between the two Asian rivals.
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DHARAMSALA, Jan 20: Pope Francis on Monday left the door open to a meeting with the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama and cited Vatican protocol as reason for not receiving the Tibetan spiritual leader in December last year.
Read moreThe Sunday Times | January 18, 2015
Coming as it did in the immediate aftermath of a hard-fought Presidential election, Pope Francis’ visit to Sri Lanka lost some of the media focus it would otherwise have merited. The local Catholic Church, however, worked silently throughout – with the help of the previous administration, amidst widespread speculation that the Pope might actually cancel his trip.
Read moreThe Economist|January 17, 2015
Uighurs and Tibetans feel left out of China’s economic boom; ethnic discrimination is not helping
China is urbanising at a rapid pace. In 2000 nearly two-thirds of its residents lived in the countryside. Today fewer than half do. But two ethnic groups, whose members often chafe at Chinese rule, are bucking this trend.
Read more[FPJ Bureau] NEW DELHI, Jan 15: After right to vote in the Indian elections, the exiled Tibetans living in India as refugees have been extended the PDS (public distribution system) and houses under the Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY).
Read moreDNA | January 15, 2015
Soon, a new monastery market will be inaugurated at Kashmere Gate metro station. The market which is under construction near Gate No. 1 of the station will provide job opportunities to around 150 people including Tibetans and people of trans-Himalayan regions.
Read moreTsering Woeser, China Change | January 14, 2015
Following the massacre of the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists, millions of people, including leaders from over 40 countries, went to the streets of Paris on January 11th to condemn terrorism and reiterate their determination to defend freedom of expression.
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