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Topic: Tibetan refugees

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.

Indian-Tibetan son of immigrants elected first Asian-American mayor of Cincinnati

Democrat Aftab Pureval, 38, is the son of a Tibetan mother, a refugee, and an Indian father. His parents moved to US and settled in Ohio where he was born in 1982.

Tibetans in 26 nations cast votes to elect ‘Sikyong’ for parliament-in-exile

There are around 1.3 lakh Tibetans living in exile in India and across the globe. The Tibetan government-in-exile will elect its head on 14 May.

1st phase of polls held for Tibetan parliament-in-exile, ‘people in 40 countries cast votes’

The results for the first phase will be declared on 8 February. The second phase is scheduled for 11 April, and a new president will be elected on 14 May.

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.

On Camera

BJP vs BJP battle in Constitution Club is a glimpse of widening fault lines—Mumbai to Lucknow

Tuesday’s Constitution Club election is not the finale of the ‘Thakur-versus-the rest’ battle in the BJP. Wait for the caste census result to come ahead of the next Lok Sabha election.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.