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Tibetan Youth Wins 2 Year Fellowship to Become US Diplomat
A Tibetan origin youth in the United States has won a prestigious fellowship that provides him the opportunity to become a US diplomat in two years. The University of Massachusetts Amherst on Tuesday announced the news through a report in their official website. Tenzin Dawa Thargay, a 2018 graduate and the student commencement speaker from…
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The Dalai Lama Urges to Take Serious Climate Action Now
The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama in his message to the delegates to the 24th Conference of Parties (COP24) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, he urged that we have to take serious action now to protect our environment! The following is the complete message from the Nobel Laureate…
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Sikkim State To Adopt the Tibetan Rehabilitation Policy 2014
In a pleasant news from the Northern state of India, Sikkim, the Cabinet of the state government in a meeting has unanimously decided to adopt the Tibetan Rehabilitation Policy 2014. The policy formulated by the Central government in 2014 aims to provide better livelihood opportunities for the Tibetan refugees in the country.
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Karmapa Very Keen to Return to India Says Amitabh Mathur
The second most important Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorjee is very keen to return to India and preside over his religious programs scheduled in December according to former advisor on Tibetan Affairs, Government of India, Mr. Amitabh Mathur post speculations over the cancellation of 13th Tibetan religious leaders meet.
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Huge Lapse in Dalai Lama Security Reported at his Teachings in UP
The Tibetan spiritual leader stayed for three days in the district of Mainpuri in Uttar Pradesh to give his teachings organized by the Youth Buddhist Society (YBS). However, on the second day of his teaching, a huge lapse in His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s security has been reported by several local Hindi news portals.
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CTA President has Highest Reverence to His Holiness Dalai Lama, Clarifies CTA Against Misleading Report
The spokesperson of Central Tibetan Administration in Dharamshala, Mr. Sonam Norbu Dagpo in a statement clarified that the CTA President has the highest reverence to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and there is no room any differences, in response to a misleading report in an online portal called Southasian Monitor on November 27.
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China Can’t Select New Dalai Lama Says US Congress
Senator Cory Gardner (R-Colorado) on December 4, 2018 while presiding over a Subcommittee Hearing in the United States clarified that the Chinese government can’t select new Dalai Lama. The hearing also saw the US Department of State support the goals of the Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act and will take steps to implement the bill…
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Although Physically Tibetan, Mind More Indian: Dalai Lama
The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama during a media interact on the second day of teachings in Sansika on Tuesday told in a humor that although he is physically Tibetan, his mind may be more Indian than the Indians present at the briefing. His Holiness explained that ancient Indian knowledge is very…
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IIT Bombay TechFest to Host Lecture by His Holiness Dalai Lama
One of the most reputed institutes in India, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay is all set to host a lecture by the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama at their Tech Fest in December. The IIT Bombay Tech Fest is scheduled for three days between December 14 and 16 this year…
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Tibetan Association Raised $7K for California Wildfire Relief
The Tibetan Association of North Carolina based in Richmond is reported to have raised a relief fund for the California Wildfire according to the report in Richmond Standard on Tuesday. The Tibetan Association and their Tibetan volunteers have raised the relief fund by hosting a community café fundraising event.