Category Archives: News

• Tibet and Taiwan not invited to Modi’s oath ceremony 30 May 2019 | Anirban Bhaumik 4 comments

  The Government of India has not invited the chief of Tibetan Government in Exile, Lobsang Sangay, to witness Narendra Modi being sworn-in for his second term in office of Prime Minister. ...

• Tibetans and Chinese mark 30-year anniversary of Tiananmen protests 30 May 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal one comment

  In the run-up to mark the 30th anniversary of the protests and the subsequent killings on 4 June 1989, Tibetan and Chinese activists spoke on various aspects of the historic event. ...

• Indian PM Modi to host Chinese President Xi for informal summit 29 May 2019 no comments

  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host Chinese President Xi Jinping this year for an informal summit, an Indian foreign ministry spokesman said on Wednesday. ...

• Amnesty accuses Myanmar military of fresh ‘war crimes’ in Rakhine 29 May 2019 no comments

  Myanmar's military is guilty of committing new "war crimes", extrajudicial killings and torture in its fight against ethnic Rakhine rebels, Amnesty International said Wednesday. ...

• Stop interfering in Tibet: China tells US 28 May 2019 one comment

  China on Tuesday told the US to stop interfering in Tibet after the American envoy advised Beijing to hold talks with Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama who is living in India. ...

• China bridles at rare meeting between Taiwan and US security officials 27 May 2019 one comment

  China responded angrily on Monday as Taiwan confirmed the first meeting in more than four decades between senior US and Taiwanese security officials. ...

• Explosions in Nepal’s capital leave 3 dead, 8 wounded 27 May 2019 | Binaj Gurubacharya no comments

  Three explosions killed three people and wounded at least eight in different parts of Nepal's capital on Sunday, with police suspecting that an outlawed communist group was responsible. ...

• Four bodies and ten tonnes of rubbish collected from Everest 27 May 2019 2 comments

  Four bodies have been retrieved from Everest and some ten tonnes of garbage plucked from the mountain at the end of this year's climbing season, Nepal authorities said Monday. ...

• India’s president appoints Modi as prime minister for 2nd term 26 May 2019 no comments

  India's president on Saturday appointed Narendra Modi as the prime minister, soon after newly elected lawmakers led by Modi's Hindu nationalist BJP chose him as their leader. ...

• Europe’s voters elect new parliament amid rising nationalism 26 May 2019 | Mike Corder and Lori Hinnant no comments

  Voters from 21 nations in Europe went to the polls Sunday in the final day of the European Parliament election that could see major gains by the far-right, nationalist and populist movements ...