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Topic: Tibet

Earthquake of magnitude 7.1 hits Nepal, multiple earthquakes in Tibet

Earthquakes along Nepal-China border forced residents to evacuate their homes & move to open spaces. No casualties reported so far.

Indian Tibetan community’s struggles in exile: Declining numbers, preservation of art & culture

The community, headquartered in Dharamshala, has increasingly faced a number of challenges, especially since 2008. Falling number of Tibetans fleeing China has impacted them severely.

Tibetan admin in exile ‘not concerned’ by Trump’s election. ‘US support for Tibet is bipartisan’

Central Tibetan Administration foreign minister emphasises that US Congress has passed several bills to endorse Tibetan autonomy, one of which was signed into law by Trump in 1st term.

For peace at border, India must bring Tibet up in talks with China, says Tibetan admin in exile

Officiating president of Tibetan admin in Dharamshala welcomes thaw in India-China ties, but believes that for, permanent peace Sino-Tibet conflict must be resolved.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

US scientists discover 1,700 ancient viruses in Tibetan glacier ice. Oldest dates back 40,000 yrs

The virologists discovered that the viruses have vast genetic differences, which depend on whether they were active in cold climate periods or warm. Study published in Nature Geoscience.

Tibet has little chance to get help from UN against its powerful occupier

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.

Paper leaks amount to new form of ‘organised crime’ — Hindu Right Press on failure of NTA

New Delhi: The slew of paper leaks and exam cancellations involving the National Testing Agency (NTA) marks the “beginning of a new (form of)...

‘Dalai Lama will live on, Xi Jinping will die’—former Tibet PM on reincarnation geopolitics

Lobsang Sangay said ‘no one has done more for Tibetans than India’, adding that the Indian media has fallen prey to Chinese propaganda in the past.

China activates ‘freedom in Tibet’ propaganda triggered by US-Dalai Lama meet in Dharamshala

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.

On Camera

India’s most consequential decade & chronicling it as part of the dream team of journalism

You’d think the decade of 1985-95 is long over. Not really. The issues that erupted in that decade are still shaping Indian conversations.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.