Dharamshala: Swiftly after assuming the role of the executive head of CTA, Sikyong Penpa Tsering had prioritized his commitment to tackling the Covid-19 situation in the Tibetan community. As such, the first step taken by him toward the mission was revamping the CTA’s Covid-19 Emergency Task (...)
Dharamshala: One of Tibet’s wealthiest businessmen, serving life imprisonment in Lhasa’s Drapchi Prison falsely accused for donation to the exile Tibetan community, is reportedly in serious health condition. Dorje Tashi, the owner of the famous Yak Hotel in Lhasa, was detained after the 2008 (...)
Leh: At the request of the Chief Representative’s Office based in Leh, the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) has decided to renovate Gepheling Phodang at Shiwa Tsel (Ladakhi: Jive Tsal), the official dedicated residence of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Ladakh. Shri Tashi (...)
India Today, published 7 August 2021 China has reportedly opened the world’s largest “plateau human genetic resources biological sample bank” in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau for medical researchers to study “plateau diseases” and improve the country’s health support capabilities in the region. According (...)
By International Campaign for Tibet|August 6, 2021. Chinese authorities in the Tibetan capital have announced the cancellation of all activities connected to the annual “Shoton” festival, citing the risk posed by the surge in COVID-19 cases in China. Shoton, or the “Yogurt festival,” which was (...)
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. Phuntsok Topgyal, Samyeling Tibetan Settlement Officer, New Delhi. Social Media Executive (SME): (...)
Bengaluru: On behalf of the Central Tibetan Administration and the southern Tibetan settlements based in Karnataka state, Additional Secretary Thupten Tsering, the Chief Representative based in Bengaluru, paid a courtesy visit to congratulate Shri Basavaraj Bommai, the new chief minister of (...)
Recent video footage showed local authorities in Gansu Province forcibly removing its monks and nuns, making them renounce their monastic life to shut down a Tibetan monastery called Kharmar (Ch: Hongcheng) Monastery. According to a Chinese media outlet Mingde, the forced eviction and shutting (...)