Geneva: China is facing strong backlash for imposition of retaliatory sanctions against parliamentarians, institutions, researchers and scholars across the world including EU, Belgian, Dutch, Swedish and UK lawmakers. On 22 March 2021, EU sanctioned four individuals in China for their (...)
By Amitava Mukherjee, The Diplomat. March 27, 2021. If a new hydropower project at the Brahmaputra’s Great Bend comes about, northeastern India will have to go to sleep with the possibility of breach of mammoth-sized water reservoirs over its head at any time. It may not be outlandish to (...)
Amish Raj Mulmi for The Print In ‘All Roads Lead North’, Amish Raj Mulmi writes that the Gyirong–Kathmandu train has been in China-Nepal talks for over a decade. But who will it really help? The Tatopani crossing in the east, similarly, opened up in October 2020 after several months of shutdown, (...)
Dharamshala: Chaired by Deputy Speaker Acharya Yeshi Phuntsok, the eleventh day of the 10th Session of the 16th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile convened with Kashag’s clarification by Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay who emphasized the Indo Pacific strategy in seeking to pressurise China to resume (...)
Delhi: Sherig Parkhang Trust held its 48th Board of Trustees meeting chaired by Kalon Dr. Pema Yangchen, Department of Education and Vice Chairman Kasur Ngodup Dongchung on 11 March. Other dignitaries include Deputy Speaker Acharya Yeshi Phuntsok, Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, DoE Secretary (...)
Lobsang Sangay Daiji World 25 March 2021 Mar 25 (IANS): The Tibetan Support and Policy Act of 2020 was passed by the US Congress, which is a landmark victory for the people of Tibet and their struggle. This bill acknowledges the struggle of people of Tibet against the brutal and oppressive (...)
Dharamshala: Addressing the 52nd COVID-19 briefing, Dr Tsamchoe updated the weekly COVID-status of the exile Tibetan community, reporting 66 new cases. The oldest among them is 85 and the youngest is 6 years old, symptomwise: 29 symptomatic and 37 asymptomatic. The total reported cases of (...)
Dharamshala: Speaker Pema Jungney of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile offered his condolence over the demise of Senior Supreme Court Advocate, former Legal Advisor to Ministry of External Affairs and CTA legal advisor, Shri J.M. Mukhi, who passed away on Monday in Delhi. In a letter to Mrs. (...)
Dharamshala: Chaired by Speaker Pema Jugney, the tenth day of the 10th session of the 16th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile convened with the continued deliberation from the previous sitting. A total of 20 Parliament Members participated in the discussion on the undertaking of the Department of Home (...)