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TopicTibetan refugees

Topic: Tibetan refugees

In Delhi HC order of Indian passport for Tibetan refugee, a reassertion of ‘citizen-by-birth’ principle

The Dharamshala-born woman migrated to Switzerland in 1997, lacked valid travel documents. Court rejected MEA claim that she effectively renounced Indian citizenship with refugee status.

Parsis to Tibetans, India ‘safe haven’ for ‘persecuted communities’ for centuries—new Class 7 NCERT book

Previous NCERT social science textbooks didn't have such a chapter. No connection to CAA controversy, says NCERT director.

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.

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.

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.

Tibetan refugees stage protest in Delhi, demand discussion on Tibet at G20 summit

Global leaders have started descending upon the national capital for the summit, including US President Joe Biden, British PM Rishi Sunak, and Italian PM Giorgia Meloni.

Delhi’s Majnu Ka Tila now a crowded mall. Tibetan colony’s old world intimacy gone

AMA Cafe is symbolic of Majnu ka Tila's commercialisation. It is expanding beyond students and foreign tourists.

Selling jeans, running eateries & farming — What ex-servicemen of secretive Indian unit do now

After serving India’s covert Special Frontier Force for years, ex-servicemen now run clothing shops, eateries and occasionally sell winter wear on the sides.

Tibetan-Indian SFF hero Nyima Tenzin given farewell in Leh, Ram Madhav attends

The Tibetan community in Ladakh and Ram Madhav came together to pay tribute to Nyima Tenzin, who was killed on the night of 29-30 August in Chushul.

All about Special Frontier Force, the secretive Indian unit in news after Ladakh clash

SFF, primarily drawn from Tibetan refugees, was formed in the immediate aftermath of the 1962 war with China. It has been a part of many important ops, from 1971 war to Kargil.

On Camera

Strait of Hormuz crisis shows limits of US, say Chinese. ‘India most vulnerable’

Chinese online discourse situates the crisis within a broader geopolitical context, particularly the hesitancy of US allies to support Washington.

Amid supply crunch, govt offers 10% additional commercial LPG to states. But there’s a condition

India faces LPG shortage amid supply disruptions from Strait of Hormuz closure due to prolonged West Asia conflict.

Indian borders to US schools, Indian firm bags orders to supply surveillance drones to Texas schools

The company had secured orders worth over Rs 100 crore from the Indian Army in November last year. Its UAVs are deployed along India’s borders with Pakistan & China.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.