DHARAMSHALA: A five-day management seminar for senior officials above the rank of Joint Secretary in the Central Tibetan Administration is currently underway at Nyatri hall. The seminar is organised by the Social and Resource Development (SARD) desk of finance department and funded by the (...)
by Anuradha Sharma, The Diplomat, Published 7 April 2014 On April 26 it will be three years since you won the historic elections that made you the first political leader of the Tibetans, a post relinquished by the Dalai Lama. What has the experience been like? The first year was anxious but I (...)
SENDAI, Japan: Praising the Japanese people’s spirit and strength to recover in the face of immense suffering and destruction, His Holiness the Dalai Lama encouraged victims of the devastating natural disaster which hit Japan in 2011 to look to future with optimism and determination. A Society (...)
SENDAI, Japan: His Holiness the Dalai Lama joined a special prayer service with Shinto priests and gave a public talk for victims of the devastating natural disaster that struck Japan in March 2011, in Sendai, Japan, on 7 April 2014. (...)
South China Morning Post Chinese exploration teams have drilled their deepest borehole yet in the “roof of the world”. They have punched a seven-kilometre borehole into the Tibetan Plateau in their bid to tap the region’s oil and natural gas resources. It is the deepest borehole ever drilled at (...)
DHARAMSHALA: As a follow-up to the meeting organised by the Ministry of Home Affair, Government of India on 26 February, the office of the Chief Secretary of Karnataka Government convened a meeting of secretaries of the department of Forests, Revenue, Agriculture and Tourism at his chamber in (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Just a few weeks after a Tibetan girl bagged the prestigious gold medal, Sonam Dolma, another Tibetan girl achieved the same feat by winning the gold medal in one of India’s top colleges for her outstanding academic performance. “Sonam Dolma secured 1st in the two years of her M.A (...)
7th of April, every year, is commemorated as World Health Day. The theme of this World Health day is ‘vector-borne diseases: Small bite, big threat’. This year, the day focuses on vector-borne diseases and protecting ourselves from these diseases. Vector-borne diseases are diseases which are (...)
Initial high hopes for ties with China have led to disenchantment, fueling student protests, a stagnating economy and criticism of Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou. By Don Lee TAIPEI, Taiwan — For decades, relations between Taiwan and its giant neighbor China have been one of the great success (...)
U.S. Response to Crimea Worries Japan’s Leaders The New York Times By HELENE COOPER and MARTIN FACKLER APRIL 5, 2014 TOKYO — When President Bill Clinton signed a 1994 agreement promising to “respect” the territorial integrity of Ukraine if it gave up its nuclear weapons, there was little thought (...)