Dharamshala: His Holiness the Dalai Lama will engage in a dialogue on the theme “Creating a Happier World” with Prof. Lord Richard Layard, Chair, Action for Happiness and Co-Director, Community Well-Being Program at the London School of Economics online from his residence in Dharamsala, HP, India (...)
Reported by Sangyal Kunchok for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Tenzin Dickyi. Written in English by Joshua Lipes. The reduced weight of Tibetan language scores means fewer Tibetans will be accepted at top tier secondary schools. A new edict reducing the weight of Tibetan language scores on (...)
The Times of India. WASHINGTON: US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will travel to China this weekend to address deteriorating ties, the two countries announced Wednesday, in the highest level visit under President Joe Biden. The trip is going ahead despite near-daily new rifts between (...)
Sophie Richardson for Human Rights Watch The Chinese government has long issued laws and statements declaring its respect for minority languages, including regulations requiring all public signs in minority areas to be bilingual. But the latest evidence from the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) (...)
Chinese Communist Party officials in Tibet this month reaffirmed Beijing’s hardline policies pushing for Tibet’s complete assimilation into China’s dominant Han culture, calling for “political education” to further weaken Tibetans’ loyalty to exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, according to state (...)
Dolanji: As requested by the Election Commission, Tibetan Supreme Justice Commissioner Sonam Norbu Dagpo appointed Yungdrung Chemi, Chair of 9th Local Tibetan Assembly, as the interim Local Justice Commissioner as per article 69 of the Tibetan Charter to administer the oath of office to the (...)
Dharamshala: Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration held a daylong meeting with the Representatives of the Offices of Tibet (OOT) today. This is his first formal interaction with the Representatives since taking charge as the Sikyong in May. The meeting is organised by the (...)
Moscow, Russia: The Indian Embassy in Moscow in collaboration with the Russian Academy of Science, and the Vivekananda International Foundation held a webinar titled “India-Russia Exchanges on Buddhism” which brought together scholars, thinkers, and influential policymakers from Russia and India (...)
Moscow, Russia: Honorary Representative Telo Tulku Rinpoche met with the Minister of Education of the Republic of Kalmykia, Russian Federation on 17 July to introduce Social, Emotional and Ethical Learning (SEE Learning) which has been designed by “The Center for Contemplative Science and (...)
By ERIC TUCKER, AP News. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration and Western allies formally blamed China on Monday for a massive hack of Microsoft Exchange email server software and asserted that criminal hackers associated with the Chinese government have carried out ransomware and other (...)