Dharamshala: The Tibet Policy Institute is organising the 3rd Tibet Environment Conference from 25 – 27 June 2021. The three-day international virtual conference will be addressed by two members of parliament from Europe, a spiritual leader and 15 prominent environmental experts from eight (...)
Bylakuppe: Earlier this month, India announced “free vaccines” from 21 June for 18-44 age group people, however, in order to inoculate the Tibetan community as quickly as possible, philanthropic individuals and monastic institutions have stepped forward. Monasteries in Bylakuppe namely Sera Mey (...)
Delhi: In commemoration of #WorldRefugeeDay this year, Bharat Tibbat Samanvay Sangh held a special online discussion to expound on India’s policies on par with UN regulations on refugees. Speaking at the event, Chief Guest Shri Mahant Balak Nath Yogi, Honorable Member of Parliament, Alwar, (...)
Opinion by Robert Barnett June 21, 2021 Washington Post China’s increasingly assertive approach to international diplomacy has been widely discussed with regard to strategic stress points such as the South China Sea or the Taiwan Strait. But tensions have also been increasing between India and (...)
Delhi: On the eve of World Yoga Day, Bharat Tibbat Samanvay Sangh organised a webinar entitled “Yoga – A Boon to the World by India”. Dr. Ashok Varshney, representing Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh, one of its’ Senior Executive, Organizational Secretary of Arogya Bharati and Member of Advisory Board, (...)
Tsewang Dorji Firstpost 21 June 2021 For the past few years, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has upgraded its high-tech weapons and conducted a series of live-fire military exercises along the Himalayan borders and in Tibet. For Instance, Global Times reported on 5 January, 2020 that “China’s (...)
Reported by Sangay Kunchok for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Tenzin Dickyi. Written in English by Richard Finney 18 June 2021 A Tibetan writer arrested on unspecified charges two years ago has still not been brought to trial, and family members are being kept in the dark about his fate, (...)
By MARK SCHIEFELBEIN and SAM McNEIL 21 June 2021 LHASA, China (AP) — Tourism is booming in Tibet as more Chinese travel in-country because of the coronavirus pandemic, posing risks to the region’s fragile environment and historic sites. The number of visitors is limited to 5,000 per day at the (...)