By Andrew Fisher, China File – 2 September 2021 Over the past year, government and non-governmental bodies around the world have focused attention on the ethnic demography of China’s far-western region of Tibet, often lumping it together with Xinjiang. On April 7, 2021, in its “List of issues in (...)
Dharamsala: In the evening of the 4 September 2021, Health Secretary and Chairman of the Covid Task-Force Mr. Palden Dhondup, and Delek Hospital Chief Administrator, Mr. Dawa Phunkyi of the Central COVID-19 Emergency Task-Force were received by the Mainpat Tibetan Settlement Office led by Ms. (...)
Bylakuppe: Lobsang Yeshi, former member of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile has taken charge as the Settlement Officer of Lugsum Samdupling Tibetan Settlement based in Bylakuppe, Karnataka State. The files and responsibilities of the office were handed over to the new Settlement Officer Lobsang (...)
dalailama.com His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give a two day teaching on Chandrakirti’s Entering the Middle Way in conjunction with the Autocommentary online from his residence in Dharamsala HP, India on September 8-9, 2021 at the request of a group of Asians. His Holiness will also field (...)
Canberra: Representative Karma Singey, Tibet Information Office, Canberra, participated in a virtual celebration of 76th birthday of Kyabje Sakya Gong-ma Trichen Rinpoche which was held on 6 September. The event was hosted by Sakya Losel Choe Dzong, Tibetan Buddhist Society based at Canberra. (...)
Dharamshala: The induction training for 21 newly recruited staff of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) convened today at College for Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarah. The 13-day long training was inaugurated by Chief Guest Wangdu Tsering Pesur, Chairman of the Public Service Commission (...)
Dharamsala: For this year’s nutritional week observed every year from 1 – 7 September in India, the Health Education Desk of the Department of Health, Central Tibetan Administration, conducted “Healthy Veg-Recipe Contest to promote healthy recipes and healthier diets in the Tibetan community, and (...)
Dharamshala: Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration left Dharamshala today for an official visit from 6 -14 September 2021. He will visit the CTSA schools based in Shimla, Herbertpur, Mussoorie, Darjeeling, and Kalimpong. He will also visit the Bon Tibetan settlement in (...)
Paris, France: The recent unprecedented arrest of over 100 Tibetans in Tibet’s Dza Wonpo for possessing photos of His Holiness the Dalai Lama was highlighted by Representative Tashi Phuntsok during a high profile round table meeting on the concluding day of the 20th Himalayan Festival in Paris (...)
Reported by Lhuboom for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Tenzin Dickyi. Written in English by Richard Finney. Tibetans living in Nepal observed Tibet’s Democracy Day under close watch by local police who kept Tibetan gatherings out of the public eye for fear of offending Nepal’s powerful (...)