Dalai Lama says successor to be picked in consultation with senior Tibetan Buddhist leaders. China, which views him as separatist, insists reincarnation must be approved by Chinese govt.
A major three-day gathering of Buddhist religious figures is set to take place this week ahead of the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday, where he will share details about his succession.
The Dalai Lama, who went to US in June for knee surgery, has been disarming questions about his health with a stock reply – according to a dream, he may live up to 110 years.
In his book 'Imperial Games in Tibet: The Struggle for Statehood and Sovereignty', Dilip Sinha unravels Tibet's complex geopolitical entanglements and the Chinese occupation.
India has avoided using the so-called Tibet card in the past but even this issue isn't off the table now as New Delhi works with the US to address the China factor.
China had urged a US delegation to not meet the spiritual leader earlier this week, labelling him a 'political exile' and not a 'pure religious leader'.
Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.
Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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