Dalai Lama receives second dose of Covid-19 vaccine, donates to PM CARES Fund
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Apr. 27: The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has received his second dose of the Covishied vaccine at his residence on Monday, according to CTA run Tibet.net. He received the first jab on March 6 at Zonal hospital in Dharamshala. “The vaccine was administered by a medical […]
GCM Gold Cup 2021 postponed amid deteriorating Covid-19 situation
By Tenzin Dharpo DHARAMSHALA, April 27: The premier football tournament of the exile Tibetan diaspora has been postponed until further notice due to the deteriorating Covid-19 situation, the apex sports body Tibetan National Sports Association (TNSA) announced Tuesday. “Due to the rapid increase in cases of Covid-19, TNSA executive members have unanimously decided to cancel […]
China’s intensive ‘stability maintenance policy’ fatal for Tibet: TCHRD Annual report
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Apr. 26: The Dharamshala-based Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) recorded numerous details of Chinese policies that lead to arbitrary arrests of Tibetan community leaders, environmentalists, writers and common people in its annual 2020 report on the human rights situation in Tibet released on Monday. The 37-page report concluded that the […]
Release of Panchen Lama and political prisoners will be a top agenda of the new Sikyong of Tibet
Report from New Delhi on webinar “Panchen Lama’s Abduction by China and It’s Significance” where upcoming SIKYONG was the keynote speaker by Vijay Kranti NEW DELHI- 25 April 2021: Mr.Penpa Tsering, the ‘Sikyong’ elect of Tibetan government-in-exile, has announced that he and Tibetan people will keep working tirelessly with governments, organizations and individuals around the […]
Opinion: China’s Panchen Lama- laughingstock
By Ugyen Gyalpo April 25th will mark the 32nd birthday of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama. The U.S. State Department on Friday called upon China to make the whereabouts of 11th Panchen Lama’s known ahead of his birthday, “We respect Tibetans’ right to select, educate and venerate their own leaders like the Dalai Lama […]
US urges China to make Panchen Lama’s whereabouts known
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Apr. 23: The US State Department on Friday called upon China to make the 11th Panchen Lama’s whereabouts known ahead of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima’s birthday on April 25. “We respect Tibetans’ right to select, educate and venerate their own leaders like the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama according to their own […]
260 new cases in the past week as cluster cases surface in Tibetan community
By Tenzin Dharpo DHARAMSHALA, Apr. 23: As India grapples with the second wave of the deadly virus, the Tibetan community recorded the largest surge of Covid-19 cases in a week of 260 new cases, the Central Tibetan Administration’s task force said Thursday. The emergence of new cluster cases in Deckyiling settlement in Dehradun, Central University […]
Dalai Lama, 100 Nobel laureates urge leaders to “keep fossil fuels in the ground”
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Apr. 23: His Holiness the Dalai Lama and 100 prominent Nobel Prize laureates are signatories of the letter published ahead of the Leaders’ Climate Summit on Thursday, urging powerful countries to “keep fossil fuels in the ground”. “Climate change is threatening hundreds of millions of lives, livelihoods across every continent and […]
Dekyiling records 184 Covid-19 cases, indefinite lockdown continues
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Apr. 21: Amid the resurgence of Covid-19 cases throughout India, the Tibetan settlement of Dekyiling in Dehradun has recorded 184 cases as of Wednesday. The settlement has been classified as a containment zone by the state government and the officials have sealed the premises. Settlement Officer Norbu spoke to Phayul about […]
Kangra announces night curfew amid rising Covid-19 cases
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Apr. 20: The Deputy Commissioner of Kangra District, Rakesh Kumar Prajapati on Tuesday announced imposition of night curfew from April 20, citing the surge of Covid-19 cases in the month of April. DC Prajapati said today that until further notice, night restrictions from 8pm to 6am will be implemented, and stated […]