Dharamshala: September 10 is celebrated globally as world suicide prevention day. In the month of September, awareness and advocacy campaigns on suicide prevention are organized. WHO reports that suicide is the fourth leading cause of death in the age group from 15-29 years old (cite). The (...)
Mussoorie: Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration visited the Tibetan Homes Foundation (THF) school in Mussoorie on Wednesday, 8 September 2021. He was given a warm welcome at the school by Karma Chungdak, General Secretary of THF, and by the staff of the school. Upon (...)
Dharamshala: Addressing the 76th COVID-briefing, Amchi Tsamchoe updated the COVID-status of the exile Tibetan community reporting 24 new cases. Of those, 21 are male and 3 females, the eldest among them is aged 67 with the youngest being 19 years old. A 57 year old male suffering from chronic (...)
The Statesman – 9 September 2021 A Law and Society Alliance report, through meticulous research and data collection, has managed to show that China has made significant inroads into numerous Indian sectors in the past few years. China has been using subtle tactics to spread its influence and (...)
The Atlantic – 9 September 2021 Early one morning a couple of years ago, at the height of Hong Kong’s prodemocracy protest movement, Ta Kung Pao, a Chinese-government-owned newspaper based in Hong Kong, published what it claimed was a major scoop. An American diplomat had met with a group of (...)
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India, 9 September 2021 His Holiness the Dalai Lama smiled broadly as he entered the room this morning and saw faces of Asian Buddhists on the screens before him. He waved to them before sitting down. Nuns at Pao Kwan Foh Tang, Singapore, chanted the ‘Heart (...)
Salt Lake City: The Office of Tibet, Washington DC, convened the 19th North America Tibetan Associations Conference in Salt Lake City from 4 – 6 September 2021. The Tibetan Association of Utah facilitated the logistical arrangements of the conference. The guest of honor at this year’s NATA (...)