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Arunachal Places China Renamed Have Early Links To Dalai Lama and Tibet
China’s displeasure with India has turned into a diplomatic tussle where regions well known for their Tibetan roots are now being renamed. The six places in Arunachal Pradesh recently renamed by China have deep-rooted links with the Dalai Lama and Tibet. The 14th Dalai Lama earlier visited the Tawang Monastery in Arunachal Pradesh purportedly to…
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Tibetan Medical System Being Considered For UNESCO Honour
The traditional Tibetan Medical system, Sowa Rigpa is being considered for giving an elite UNESCO status, the intangible cultural heritage. However it has got entangled into another diplomatic tussle between India and China. Traditional Tibetan medicine is centuries-old traditional medical system that employs complex approach to diagnosis, incorporating techniques such as pulse analysis and urinalysis.
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Hollywood Shunning Richard Gere For Supporting Tibet Implies Chinese Factor There
Famous Hollywood actor Richard Gere said that Hollywood shunned him because he supported the Tibet cause. The 67 years old actor who has espoused the Tibet cause for many years now said “There are definitely movies that I can’t be in because the Chinese will say, ‘not with him’. I recently had an episode where…
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China Renames 6 Places In Arunachal Pradesh Post Dalai Lama’s Visit
The Chinese government, amid the diplomatic tussle after Dalai Lama’s visit to Tawang, has renamed six places in Arunachal Pradesh that it says belongs to Southern Tibet. The renaming of the places took place on April 13, a day after the Tibetan spiritual leader concluded his 9-day visit to Arunachal Pradesh. China saw Dalai Lama’s…
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China Introduces More Than 150 New Words For Tibetan language
The Chinese government in Tibet has introduced more than 150 words into the Tibetan jargon. Some of these words are political in nature and have been introduced in ‘accurate’ Tibetan language. However, a full list of the translated words or the new political words has not been covered by majority of news agencies. “It is…
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A Tit-for-Tat ‘Tibet Bill’ Against China Introduced In Trump Administration
Tibet bill has been introduced in both the house of Representatives and the Senate in the United States. The Tibet Bill is being seen as a Tit-for-Tat take on against the Chinese government from the Donald Trump’s US administration according to the report in the Sunday Guardian Live. The bill called as “The Reciprocal Access…
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UCSD Announces Dalai Lama’s Public Address, Commencement Event
The University of California San Diego (UCSD) has announced the tickets for His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s public address in June this year. The University is hosting the Tibetan spiritual leader this to speak for an estimated 25,000 attendance of university members and general public following which His Holiness is also scheduled to address their…
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Dalai Lama’s Schedule For May Indefinitely Postponed
His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s scheduled visits to places in Himachal Pradesh during the month of May has been indefinitely postponed! The official website of His Holiness released an announcement yesterday informing of the change in the schedule. We hope that through this change of schedule, His Holiness the Dalai Lama gets time to take…
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Your Bank Account May Be Blocked If Aadhaar Not Linked By April 30
Your bank account may be blocked if you did not link your Aadhaar card number to your account by April 30. According a report in the Economic times, the Tax department has asked the accounts opened between July 2014 and August 2015 to submit the Know Your Customer (KYC) forms and link their Aadhaar numbers…
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Man Finds Gold Worth $2 Million In Old Iraqi Tank
A retired army man found gold worth $2 million in a used Iraqi tank while restoring it. Nick Mead, owner of a company called Tanks-A-Lot that supplies tanks for movies got the surprise of his life when he found 5 gold bar weighing 5 kilograms each in the fuel tank of a used tanks that…