Category Archives: News

• Fields of fire drive Delhi’s air quality to unhealthy levels 19 October 2019 | Mayank Bhardwaj and Neha Dasgupta no comments

  When it comes to air quality there are few worse places to live on the planet than New Delhi, and driving north out the Indian capital it is easy to see why, as plumes of smoke rise. ...

• Tibetan graduates need to ‘expose and criticise Dalai Lama’ for Chinese govt jobs 18 October 2019 | Sutirtho Patranobis one comment

  New qualifications required of Tibet Autonomous Region graduates applying for government jobs include criticism of the Dalai Lama and firm pro-Communist Party of China political principles. ...

• China propaganda app fraught with security concerns: report 17 October 2019 one comment

  A widely downloaded Chinese propaganda app that quizzes users on Communist Party heroes and military achievements may be "studying them right back" through data collection. ...

• US House passes Hong Kong ‘Democracy Act’ 16 October 2019 no comments

  The US House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday sought by pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong that aims to defend civil rights in the city, prompting an angry response from China. ...

• Supreme Court ends hearing on Hindu-Muslim land dispute, decision in weeks 16 October 2019 | Zeba Siddiqui and Suchitra Mohanty no comments

  The SC ordered an end to hearings in a long-running dispute between Hindus and Muslims over a place of worship, laying the ground for a verdict that could lead to further divisions. ...

• Nepal shelves extradition, border road plans with China 15 October 2019 | Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury 2 comments

  Even as China calls President Xi Jinping's visit to Kathmandu a 'grand success', the Nepal government has shelved several proposals, including those on an extradition treaty. ...

• Court cleared Penpa Tsering of all charges; defendant lawyer fumes 14 October 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal 25 comments

  The Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission today cleared Penpa Tsering of all the charges given by the exile Tibetan Cabinet in ousting him from the Washington DC Representative post. ...

• President Xi warns attempts to divide China will be crushed 13 October 2019 no comments

  President Xi Jinping warned on Sunday that anyone attempting to split China will be "crushed" as he held wide-ranging talks with Nepal's top leadership. ...

• Nepal police arrest 22 Tibetan activists during Xi’s visit 13 October 2019 no comments

  Nepal police have arrested 22 Tibet activists in Kathmandu as the country is hosting Chinese President Xi Jinping for the two-day visit. ...

• Shrutika Sharma wins Miss Himalaya Pageant 2019 crown 13 October 2019 | Tibet Sun Newsroom no comments

  Shrutika Sharma from Nainital, Uttrakhand, impressed the judges in the question and answer round to win the crown of the Miss Himalaya Pageant 2019 in a modest show in McLeod Ganj. ...