Dutch Ambassador to Inaugurate a Book on Birds of Kangra

The Dutch Ambassador to India will visit Dharamshala to inaugurate a pictorial book on the birds of Kangra valley. The author ‘Birds of Kangra’, Jan Willem Den Besten, is a Dutch living in India working for the London based Tibet Information Centre’s Dharamshala office.

Potala Palace Square under Expansion

A bull-dozer removes debris of demolished buildings near the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, to make way for expansion of the square in front of the palace. The project, initiated by the Tibet Autonomous Region government, paves the way on a beautification plan for the palace to increase tourism.

China cautions Russia on Dalai’s visit

China on Thursday urged Russia to “properly handle” the upcoming visit of the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, citing his quest to “split Tibet from the motherland”.

Cataract cases on plateau on the rise

The latest medical research from China’s Qinghai-Tibet Plateau shows plateau residents have a higher incidence of cataracts than plains residents.