DHARAMSHALA: A researcher at a leading computer security firm said the Central Tibetan Administration's Chinese language website has been hacked and infected with viruses.
Book Review: A Walk Through the History of the Roof of the World By Thubten Samphel Glimpses of Tibetan History By Claude Arpi Tibet Museum, DIIR, Dharamsala, 2013, pp. 56 I was there at the very beginning, the beginning of creation, so to speak. For the winter of 2009, I took my family to (...)
DHARAMSHALA: A researcher at a leading computer security firm said the Central Tibetan Administration’s Chinese-language website has been hacked and infected with viruses. Kurt Baumgartner, a researcher at Kaspersky Lab, said in a blog, that the security breaches involved a technique known as (...)
PARIS: Kalon Dolma Gyari, who is on her four-nation tour of Europe, arrived in Paris on 10 August to continue with the last leg of her Europe visit. The home kalon earlier visited Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands. She spoke to the Tibetan community and Tibetan supporters on the “Sister (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay today inaugurated a newly-built residential quarter for the staff members of Tibet Corps. Tibet Corps is a novel initiative of the present Kashag to inspire Tibetans to become directly engaged in tangible work to build and strengthen the Tibetan (...)
By Heather Timmons [Quartz] The government of the Lhoka, or Shannan prefecture, in the Tibetan region of China is rolling out the red carpet for private equity funds, the Financial Times reports. The prefecture is offering tax breaks to funds and partners, as well as sweeteners to tax-shy (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Intermediate People’s court in Malho (incorporated into China’s Qinghai province), sentenced Akhu Gyatak, a Tibetan man from Rebgong in northeastern Tibet, to four years in prison and stripped him of his political rights for two years. The court in its verdict on 8 February (...)
Taipei: Over one hundred students of Taichung National Girls High School attended a talk on Tibet in Taipei on 9 August. The talk, organised by the school, discussed Tibet’s past, present and the future. The talk also addressed the issue of Tibetan self-immolation protests which has swept Tibet (...)
Uma Ling Technical Solution is opening up in Dharamsala soon. Uma Ling will provide business process outsourcing (BPO) services in India and abroad. The new venture aims to alleviate unemployment in the Tibetan community by creation of employment opportunities for Tibetan youths. The project is (...)
[Reuters] WASHINGTON – A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck early on Monday in Tibet at a depth of 31 miles, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter of the quake, which was initially reported as magnitude 6.1, was located 89 miles south-southeast of Qamdo, Xizang Province in China. A (...)