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Global Imam Council opposed the Chinese government’s actions.
The Global Imam Council is the world’s largest non-governmental organization, representing a wide range of denominations and ideologies. Last year, on December 30th, the Global Imam Council issued a statement. It states that “never imagine that God will do nothing in the face of oppressors, Quoting a passage from Quranic scripture. Against the oppressor, we…
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Dalai Lama’s Last Escort on his 1959 escape from Tibet dies.
According to his former regiment, the last surviving member of a tiny squad of Indian soldiers who followed the Dalai Lama as he fled Tibet in 1959 has died at the age of 85. After a 13-day walk through the Himalayas dressed as a soldier to avoid detection by Chinese troops, the Tibetan spiritual leader…
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China is Terrified by Support for Tibet
According to the CTA, the growing support for Tibet’s independence has intimidated China,” in response to reports that the Chinese Embassy in India wrote to MPs who attended a meeting of the All-Party Indian Parliamentary Forum for Tibet on December 22. The Government in exile said in a statement that it openly welcomes talks with…
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Chinese embassy warns Indian legislators for attending a Tibet-related event.
The Chinese embassy has sent an angry letter to some Indian parliamentarians and ministers who attended a meeting hosted by the Tibetan government in exile. Jairam Ramesh, Manish Tiwari, Sujeet Kumar, Rajeev Chandrashekhar, Ramdas Athawale, and Maneka Gandhi were among the Indian MPs that attended the meeting.
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Cambridge University Warns India Over Third Wave
As the highly-infectious omicron version sweeps through the packed nation of over 1.4 billion people, India could see a spike in the Covid-19 growth rate within days, ushering in an intense but short-lived viral wave.
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Dalai Lama’s succession talks have drawn attention to Karmapa
The continuing debate in Tibetan and Indian circles over the Dalai Lama succession plan has refocused attention on the 17th Karmapa, Ugyen Trinley Dorje, who has lived in the United States since 2017. In August, Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang stated that India was “positively considering” the Karmapa’s return from the United States. He…
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Breakthrough in medicine! Antibodies to the Omicron COVID variant have been discovered by scientists.
Antibodies that neutralize Omicron and other coronavirus strains by targeting regions that remain essentially intact as the virus mutates have been discovered. The findings, which were published in the journal Nature, could aid in the development of vaccines and antibody treatments that are effective not only against Omicron but also against additional variations that may…
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Tibetans gather in Dharamshala for a vigil, calling on China to halt its “repressive actions in Tibet.”
Tibetans staged a candlelight vigil here on Tuesday in support of a crisis situation in Kham Drago, Central Tibet, and called on China to halt its harsh actions in the region.
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New Dam in HP will help to alleviate Delhi’s water shortage
On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the groundwork for the Renukaji Dam project. The project was made possible by the Centre bringing together six states: Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, and Delhi to make it practicable.
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China has sanctioned four Americans for criticising Beijing’s treatment of religious minorities.
An Arkansas man and three other Americans have been sanctioned by the Chinese government for accusing Beijing of persecuting its Uyghur community. Members of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, including James Carr of Searcy, have consistently decried the Communist government’s treatment of religious minorities, including the mostly Muslim Uyghurs.