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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 28 Jan: The National Seismological Centre(NSC) in New Delhi, India’s primary agency for monitoring and studying earthquakes has reverted to using “Tibet” instead of “Xizang” on their website after Voluntary Tibet Advocacy Groups (V-TAGs) members Tenzin Damdul and Tenzin Lhatso based in New Delhi met with the National Centre For Seismology(NCS) director Dr O.P Mishra last week to address the use of the Chinese colonial name “Xizang” in the recent reports on the devastating Tingri Earthquake in occupied Tibet.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 22 Jan: Marco Rubio, the US Senator from Florida and a staunch critic of Beijing was unanimously confirmed by the US Senate as America’s new Secretary of State on Monday following Donald Trump’s return to power as the 47th US President.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA 20 Jan: India’s primary agency responsible for monitoring and studying earthquakes, the National Centre for Seismology(NCS) under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India has also used China’s colonial term  “Xizang” instead of “Tibet”  in its reports and updates on the recent earthquake and the aftershocks in occupied Tibet amidst growing protest from Tibetan diaspora against the use of the Chinese colonial term in the international arena.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 13 Dec: The UK’s Chancellor Rachel Reeves has secured agreements worth 600 million pounds over the next five years for the British Economy with China at the 11th UK-China Economic and Financial Dialogue on 11th Dec in Beijing with trade and access to Chinese markets taking precedence over Human Rights Concerns in Tibet.

By Tenzin Chokyi 

DHARAMSALA, 10 Jan: UK based Tibetans and Tibetan groups have urged Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor of the UK, to ensure trade and access to Chinese markets do not take precedence over the rights of the Tibetan people in an open letter before she heads to China to seek economic ties as part of UK’s quest for growth amidst major setbacks at home.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 9 Jan: Penpa Tsering, the Sikyong (President) of the Central Tibetan Administration(CTA), urged the international media outlets to use the term “Tibet” instead of “Xizang” while reporting on the earthquake in Tibet, in his statement after a public prayer service at the Dalai Lama temple to mourn the earthquake’s victim, yesterday.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 8 Dec: After a massive earthquake hit Tingri, Tibet on Tuesday morning, leaders and representatives from across the world have expressed deep condolences to the people of Tibet.

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 , 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

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.