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Dekyiling Tibetan Settlement Locked Down After 138 COVID-19 Cases
In an unprecedented situation at one of Tibetan refugee settlements in India, Dekyiling Tibetan settlement has been locked down after recording 138 COVID-19 cases over the past week. With the raging spike in number of Coronavirus cases in India, many Tibetan refugee settlements are witnessing a worse situation in terms of infection compared to the…
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2021 Tibetan Election: Penpa Tsering Retains Strong Lead on Second Day of Counting
After the completion of final round of elections by exile Tibetans across the world on April 11, 2021, the counting of the votes began at all the locations from Tuesday morning. This general election will elected the next president or Sikyong of the Tibetan government in exile and the members of Tibetan Parliament in Exile.
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17 Students Test COVID-19 Positive at Tibetan School in India
17 students have tested COVID-19 positive at a Tibetan school in India. After almost a break from regular in person teaching for students in most of the schools in India, there was some hope for reopening. However, from early April this year, India has been gripped by a worse second surge of Coronavirus. This has…
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Speaker of Exile Tibetan Parliament Resigns Post Impeaching Supreme Judges
The speaker of Tibetan Parliament in Exile(TPiE) has resigned from the post after impeaching the top three judges of the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission(TSJC). Recently concluded session of the parliament witnessed one of the most discussed outcomes and it drew a lot of public attention. In short, the balance of three pillars of Tibetan democracy…
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Indian Cricketer MS Dhoni Gets a Nickname After Dalai Lama
The Indian cricket superstar Mahender Singh Dhoni has recently got a nick name after the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama. MS Dhoni features in an advertisement of the VIVO IPL 2021 where he dons a look of a monk and people are calling him Thalai Lama! This look of the sporting icon…
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Exile Tibetan Parliament Begins Session Amid COVID-19 Safety Measures
The Tibetan Parliament in Exile began its session with special measures of arrangement to ensure COVID-19 safety, from Monday in Dharamshala, India. Central Tibetan Administration or commonly identified as the Tibetan government in exile is a democratic institution that has an independent office called the Tibetan Parliament in Exile that performs the duties of a…
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Obama Said He Loves Dalai Lama and Want Him in His Group Chat
The former US president Barack Obama in a recent interview mentioned that the ideal world leader group chat members include His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Pope Francis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Manmohan Singh and Queen Elizabeth II. His Holiness and the former president have met each other on several occasions in the past and their…
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Dalai Lama Receives First Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine, Encourages Others
The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Saturday morning visited the local government hospital to receive COVID-19 vaccine. His Holiness in a video message also encourages others to do the same as it is recommended by medical professionals. Since the beginning of pandemic more than a year ago, we witnessed a death…
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Post Losar, 17 Tibetan Households Tested COVID-19 Positive in Belgium
There has been a case of at least 17 Tibetan households having been tested positive to COVID-19 in Belgium recently. The report by Tibet Times say that in the past two weeks, at least 17 Tibetan households have COVID-19 cases among the Tibetan community in Belgium. Tibetan new year or Losar was observed two weeks…
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India Makes Special Provision to Vaccinate the Dalai Lama at His Residence
The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama will be vaccinated at his residence according to the special provisions consideration made by the government of India. With the vaccination drives going on full throttle, the centre has permitted to allow provisions for vaccinating the spiritual leader at his residence along with his core staff.