December 2017
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Kalon Karma Gelek To Take Additional Charge of Education Department
After the issue of the North America Representative uproar, things look to have settled down and the responsibility of the Education Department is now given to Kalon Yuthok Karma Gelek in addition to the responsibility of Department of Religion and Culture according to the official report by the Central Tibetan Administration on Friday.
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Dalai Lama Graces Golden Jubilee Celebration of CIHTS, Varanasi
The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived in Varanasi on Friday and graced the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Central Institute of Tibetan Studies, Varanasi’s founding on Saturday. His Holiness also spoke the inaugural remarks of the Conference on Mind in Indian Philosophical Schools of Thought and Modern Science at the…
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India Turns Deadly for Journalists
As the year 2017 sets to bid adieu, India finds itself in an awkward position with the annual statistics of 12 journalists either murdered or killed in suspicious situations. The populous country, known as the largest democracy in the globe, thus emerges as one of the hazardous place for media persons across the world after…
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Syedna Qutbuddin Harmony Prize Conferred On Dalai Lama
During the inter-faith conference at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, His Holiness the Dalai Lama was conferred with the Syedna Qutbuddin Harmony Prize on Thursday. The meeting was an initiative of the Qutbi Jubilee Scholarship Program and the Centre of Arabic and African Studies of JNU as part of their Taqreeb Conference Series…
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Former Chinese Captive Tibetan Activist Escapes To US, Reunited With Family
A former Chinese captive Tibetan video activist, Dhondup Wangchen has safely escaped to United States of America according to the press release and arrived in San Francisco in the afternoon of December 25. The Tibetan activist reunited with his wife and children in the United States after more than ten years.
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Tibetan PM Lobsang Sangay Congratulates New Himachal Pradesh CM
Tibetan Prime Minister and Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) President Lobsang Sangay has conveyed his note of congratulations to newly-elected Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur. Sangay said that under the new leadership, the bond of friendship will strengthen.
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Chinese Suspected As Spy Arrested In Manipur, India
A Chinese national suspected to be a spy has been arrested in Manipur’s Tengnoupal distric along the Myanmar border by Assam Rifle Jawans a few days ago. The report on Tuesday identified the Chinese to be in his fifties and he was found in possession of nationalities of few Asian countries and their documents.
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Latest Tibetan Self Immolator Dies, Father Detained
The latest Tibetan who set himself to fire on Saturday in protest against the Chinese calling for Freedom in Tibet succumbed to the burns and passed away on Sunday according to the sources. In addition to this tragic result, the father of the young man is also said to have detained by the Chinese authorities…
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China Launches Helicopter Tourism In Tibet
In order to boost tourism in Tibet, China has launched helicopter tourism for tourists to have a bird-eye view of Tibet’s provincial capital, Lhasa. The announcement is pertaining to the official permit of touring Lhasa through a helicopter, a practice prominent in many other countries.
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China Removed a Record 13,000 Websites in the Past Three Years
The Chinese government has successfully removed more than 13,000 websites in the past three years, highlighting the country’s tough stance on the cyberspace. Ironically, despite this crackdown upon a fluid online space, the Chinese government has garnered support from the public for its stringent actions.