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China’s second-largest hydropower dam is now operational.
Despite environmental harm expectations, China started to operate on Monday the world’s second-largest hydropower station, a milestone in Beijing’s ambitions to carbon neutrality. According to state media, Monday morning the Baihetan Hydroelectric Power Station in South Western China ranks second in the world in electricity generation to the country’s Three Gorges Dam. According to CCTV,…
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India shifts 50,000 troops to the Chinese border
India, which modified its position in China for the first time in 70 years, now catering for military options to strike back and has reoriented its military appropriately, contrary to its prior defensive stance that put a focus on fighting Chinese aggression. In a historic move to an offensive militant posture against the world’s second-largest…
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Tibetan rap’s Godfather churns forth karmic rhymes
Without the backdrop of towering Himalayan peaks in his videos and rhyme-dropping about karma, MC Tenzin would appear like any other rapper in his tracksuit, silver chain, and gleaming trainers. The self-proclaimed “Godfather” of Tibetan rap is a key figure in the region’s hip-hop scene, where strict societal restrictions clash with the outspoken art form.…
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Tibetans demand that the UN intervene to stop China’s genocide.
The Tibetan community of Switzerland and Liechtenstein has submitted a five-point appeal to the United Nations (UN) in response to international condemnation of China’s various human rights violations, including calls to end China’s cultural genocide in Tibet and its interference in Tibetan religious beliefs and traditions, among other things. According to the Central Tibetan Administration,…
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Worldwide protest against Olympics in Beijing 2022
People all over the world, particularly Tibetans, Uyghurs, Mongolians, Hong Kongers, and Taiwanese, are protesting the forthcoming 2022 Beijing Olympics. China has been accused by the United States and other countries of committing genocide and crimes against humanity against Muslim Uyghurs, including forced sterilization, rape, forced labor, and torture in detention camps in the Xinjiang…
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The discovery of a ‘Dragon Man’ skull in China could lead to the discovery of a new species in the human family tree.
Scientists reported on Friday that a gigantic fossilized skull dating back at least 140,000 years has been identified as a new species of ancient human, a discovery that could redefine how — and even where — our species, Homo sapiens, originated. The skull of an adult guy with a large brain, gigantic brow ridges, deep-set…
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A new hominid group has been discovered in Israel.
Excavations in an Israeli sinkhole have uncovered a previously undiscovered Stone Age hominid tribe that played a role in the evolution of the Homo genus. Researchers suggest that people who lived around 140,000 to 120,000 years ago at a site named Nesher Ramla joined Neandertals and Denisovans as a third Eurasian Homo community that culturally…
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John McAfee died at the age of 75.
On Wednesday, John McAfee, the flamboyant security software pioneer who tried to live life as a hedonistic outsider while fleeing a slew of legal problems, was discovered dead in his jail cell near Barcelona. According to authorities, his death occurred just hours after a Spanish judge granted his extradition to the United States to face tax…
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From July 1, no e-pass is required for travel to HP.
From July 1, Himachal Pradesh will no longer use the e-Pass system for entry into the state. On June 23, the Himachal state cabinet decided to phase out the e-pass. In addition, the government has permitted interstate buses to operate at 50% full. Also, all the temples in the state will also reopen from July…
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China is forming new Tibetan youth militias.
China’s military has raised new militias made up of Tibetan youths in the strategic Chumbi Valley in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) as part of increased efforts to recruit more Tibetans amid the standoff with India on the Line of Actual Control (LAC). According to the HindustanTimes, these are the first reports of the formation of…