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  • Covid-19: India experiences seven consecutive days of surges, with scientists predicting a third wave later this month.

    Covid-19: India experiences seven consecutive days of surges, with scientists predicting a third wave later this month.

    India reported 40,134 new Covid-19 cases and 422 deaths on Monday, bringing the total number of positive cases to 3,16,95,958. After the reduction in the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the number of Covid-19 cases increased week over week for the first time since mid-May. The latest changes could be precursors to the much-anticipated…

  • COVID-19 cases On the Surge in Bylakuppe

    COVID-19 cases On the Surge in Bylakuppe

    On Sunday, Minister for Cooperation S.T. Somashekar, who is also in charge of the Mysuru district, assessed the situation in the Hunsur and Periyapatana taluks, expressing concern about the rise in COVID-19 cases in Periyapatana and Bylakuppe. There is an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the Tibetan settlement at Bylakuppe as a…

  • Covid-19 Second Surge Wreaks Havoc on Tibetans in exile

    Covid-19 Second Surge Wreaks Havoc on Tibetans in exile

    India is currently in the midst of a deadly second wave of infections, with 3,14,835 cases recorded in the last 24 hours, the highest number since the pandemic began. The second wave, which has been shown to be much deadlier than the first and to have resulted in more rapid viral development than previously seen, is…

  • Tibetans Collectively Donating to PM Cares Fund to Support India’s Fight Against COVID-19

    Tibetans Collectively Donating to PM Cares Fund to Support India’s Fight Against COVID-19

    Dharamshala, 29th April: India continues to be engulfed by its second wave of covid-19, with cumulative deaths hitting a sobering milestone of 201,187. As India faces a severe COVID-19 epidemic, people worldwide have banded together to assist India in its battle against the disease. Several countries around the world have come forward and are offering humanitarian…

  • Dalai Lama contributes to PM-CARES Fund As India battles COVID-19

    Dalai Lama contributes to PM-CARES Fund As India battles COVID-19

    His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama announced on Tuesday that he would contribute to the PM-CARES Fund to help India battle the “alarming COVID-19 surge.” “I have been observing the Covid-19 pandemic’s continuing threat around the world, including in India, with concern,” his holiness said in a statement. “As a token of our solidarity with…

  • Dekyiling Tibetan Settlement Locked Down After 138 COVID-19 Cases

    Dekyiling Tibetan Settlement Locked Down After 138 COVID-19 Cases

    In an unprecedented situation at one of Tibetan refugee settlements in India, Dekyiling Tibetan settlement has been locked down after recording 138 COVID-19 cases over the past week. With the raging spike in number of Coronavirus cases in India, many Tibetan refugee settlements are witnessing a worse situation in terms of infection compared to the…

  • 17 Students Test COVID-19 Positive at Tibetan School in India

    17 Students Test COVID-19 Positive at Tibetan School in India

    17 students have tested COVID-19 positive at a Tibetan school in India. After almost a break from regular in person teaching for students in most of the schools in India, there was some hope for reopening. However, from early April this year, India has been gripped by a worse second surge of Coronavirus. This has…

  • Second Wave of Covid-19 and India’s Corona Virus Predicament

    Second Wave of Covid-19 and India’s Corona Virus Predicament

    13th April: In India, under the second wave, new infection is spreading like a wildfire, making new records almost daily in terms of the number of people infected. Yesterday, India left behind Brazil to become the second worst-hit country after the United States in terms of Covid-19 infection. Many states in the country are reporting…

  • Exile Tibetan Parliament Begins Session Amid COVID-19 Safety Measures

    Exile Tibetan Parliament Begins Session Amid COVID-19 Safety Measures

    The Tibetan Parliament in Exile began its session with special measures of arrangement to ensure COVID-19 safety, from Monday in Dharamshala, India. Central Tibetan Administration or commonly identified as the Tibetan government in exile is a democratic institution that has an independent office called the Tibetan Parliament in Exile that performs the duties of a…

  • Dalai Lama Receives First Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine, Encourages Others

    Dalai Lama Receives First Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine, Encourages Others

    The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Saturday morning visited the local government hospital to receive COVID-19 vaccine. His Holiness in a video message also encourages others to do the same as it is recommended by medical professionals. Since the beginning of pandemic more than a year ago, we witnessed a death…