Dharamshala: In her address at the 75th weekly Covid-19 Taskforce briefing, Dr Tsamchoe updated the COVID-status of exile Tibetans, reporting 71 new cases. Out of which 49 are male and 22 female. The oldest patient is 85 years old and the youngest is aged 1. An 85 year old elderly passed away (...)
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. Lhakpa Tsering, Doeguling Tibetan Settlement Officer, Mundgod. Social Media Executive (SME): Could (...)
Taiwan: In commemoration of the 61st anniversary of the Tibetan Democracy Day on Thursday, several law makers in Taiwan including various Tibet supporters attended a book launch event. The Office of Tibet, Taiwan jointly with the Taiwanese Parliamentary Group for Tibet unveiled a book on 17 (...)
Dharamshala: In a continuing state crackdown by the Chinese authorities, 53 more Tibetans have been detained in addition to the 60 arrested Tibetans last week. These arrests were made in Dza Wonpo township in Kham Kardze’s (Ch: Ganzi) Sershul (Ch: Shiqu) county on charges of keeping pictures of (...)
Focus Taiwan – 3 September 2021 Taipei, Sept. 2 (CNA) The decades-long Chinese oppression of Tibetans should serve as a warning to Taiwanese, Kelsang Gyaltsen Bawa, representative of the Tibetan government-in-exile to Taiwan, said Thursday during a book launch event at the Legislative Yuan. Over (...)
Hindustan Times – 3 September 2021 Penpa Tsering, Sikyong (president) of Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), on Thursday called to end the impasse in Parliament-in-exile, which arose after the 22 newly elected MPs refused to take oath, stating that it may lead to the collapse of the Tibetan (...)
Paris: Tibetans in France celebrated the 61st Tibetan Democracy Day at the historical French Republic Square in Paris. In the fleeting sunshine of the unpredictable summer afternoon, under the huge statue of Marianne, personification of France, a temporary altar with His Holiness the Dalai Lama (...)
The Tibet Information Office, Canberra, in collaboration with ACT Tibetan Community, hosted a webinar entitled “ Tibetan Democracy ” to mark the 61st anniversary of Tibetan Democracy Day on 2 September. The virtual panel discussion was aimed at generating greater awareness among the Tibetans (...)
Dharamshala: The Department of Home conferred this year’s Yarlung Sotang Best Farmer award to Tenzin Thinley from Phendeling Tibetan settlement in Mainpat, Chattisgarh. While the Yarlung Sotang Best Young Farmer award was conferred on Lodoe Gelek from Dekyi Larso Tibetan settlement in Bylakuppe, (...)
Dharamshala: Ms. Tenzin Noryang secured the highest marks in Bachelor of Science Nursing at the KLE Academy of Higher Education & Research, Belagavi, Karnataka State, and was awarded gold medal at the Academy’s convocation ceremony held on Aug 19, 2021. Department of Education (DoE), CTA, (...)