Dharamshala: One of Tibet’s wealthiest businessmen, serving life imprisonment in Lhasa’s Drapchi Prison falsely accused for donation to the exile Tibetan community, is reportedly in serious health condition. Dorje Tashi, the owner of the famous Yak Hotel in Lhasa, was detained after the 2008 (...)
Leh: At the request of the Chief Representative’s Office based in Leh, the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) has decided to renovate Gepheling Phodang at Shiwa Tsel (Ladakhi: Jive Tsal), the official dedicated residence of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Ladakh. Shri Tashi (...)
India Today, published 7 August 2021 China has reportedly opened the world’s largest “plateau human genetic resources biological sample bank” in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau for medical researchers to study “plateau diseases” and improve the country’s health support capabilities in the region. According (...)
By International Campaign for Tibet|August 6, 2021. Chinese authorities in the Tibetan capital have announced the cancellation of all activities connected to the annual “Shoton” festival, citing the risk posed by the surge in COVID-19 cases in China. Shoton, or the “Yogurt festival,” which was (...)
Every first Saturday of the month, DIIR’s Social Media Desk profiles a civil servant of Central Tibetan Administration as a part of its shout-out campaign. This week we are pleased to profile Mr. Phuntsok Topgyal, Samyeling Tibetan Settlement Officer, New Delhi. Social Media Executive (SME): (...)
Bengaluru: On behalf of the Central Tibetan Administration and the southern Tibetan settlements based in Karnataka state, Additional Secretary Thupten Tsering, the Chief Representative based in Bengaluru, paid a courtesy visit to congratulate Shri Basavaraj Bommai, the new chief minister of (...)
Recent video footage showed local authorities in Gansu Province forcibly removing its monks and nuns, making them renounce their monastic life to shut down a Tibetan monastery called Kharmar (Ch: Hongcheng) Monastery. According to a Chinese media outlet Mingde, the forced eviction and shutting (...)
By Jayadeva Ranade, The Tribune, Published 5 August 2021 Chinese President Xi Jinping’s July 21-23 visit to Tibet — his third to the region — was important. It was the first visit to Tibet in 30 years by a leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) holding all three top posts. Its importance was (...)
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) released the results of class X examinations at 12 noon on 3 August 2021. This year’s result has broken all the past records by producing a cent percent result. There are 1226 students in class X from 27 Tibetan schools in India. The average (...)
Dharamshala: Updating the Covid-status of the Tibetan community, Dr Tsamchoe addressed the 71st Covid-19 task force briefing yesterday reporting 232 new cases and 2 deaths in the community. Of the tested individuals, the oldest is said to be a 92-year-old and the youngest being a 1-month-old (...)