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In the foothills of the Himalayas, where the ancient Yarlung civilisation established the first Tibetan Empire, China has plans to build the world’s biggest hydroelectric dam. In November of last year, China’s state-owned media shared plans for a 60-gigawatt mega-dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo river in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR). Now with the aim of achieving carbon neutrality by 2060, Beijing has redoubled its efforts on its hydropower projects in Tibet, even though the dams have draw...

Julia Stone performs live from Old Castlemaine Gaol in Victoria Julia Stone has shared a new live-streamed performance filmed at a historical (and non-operational) prison in Australia. From Old Castlemaine Gaol in Victoria, Stone and her band opened the performance by reprising her cover of The National‘s ‘Bloodbuzz Ohio’. The singer-songwriter released a studio version of her rendition on 2012 album ‘By the Horns’. Among other songs from her back catalogue, Stone also played the fou...

Tibet Post International Where is Tibet located on a map? Latest News Tibetan women are ready to start march from Mcleod Ganj to Kachari,Dharamshala, on March 12, 2021. Photo: TPI/Yangchen Dolma 12-25-20 00:00:00 06-27-20 11:39:59 Tsetan Norbu, President of National Democratic Party of Tibet (NDPT). Photo: TPI/Aashna Thakur Latest Impact Ian Hickie, a Professor of Psychiatry in Sydney, speaking by from Australia during the dialogue with His Holiness the Dalai L...

Tibet Post International Where is Tibet located on a map? Latest News Tibetan women are ready to start march from Mcleod Ganj to Kachari,Dharamshala, on March 12, 2021. Photo: TPI/Yangchen Dolma 12-25-20 00:00:00 06-27-20 11:39:59 Tsetan Norbu, President of National Democratic Party of Tibet (NDPT). Photo: TPI/Aashna Thakur Latest Impact Ian Hickie, a Professor of Psychiatry in Sydney, speaking by from Australia during the dialogue with His Holiness the Dalai L...

China releases Tibet language advocate Tashi Wangchuk Tibetan language advocate Tashi Wangchuk was jailed by China in 2016. His lawyer says hes been released in Qinghai province, but its not clear if hes "fully free." Rights groups have accused China of an escalating crackdown on free expression PEN America said Friday it was "overjoyed" that its lobbying for Tashi Wangchuks release had borne fruit. However, a lawyer for the Tibetan language advocate said it was unclear whether he was "fully f...

Tokyo: The Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Dr. Arya Tsewang Gyalpo, met Ms. Sakurai Yoshiko, President of Japan Institute of National Fundamental, an influential think tank in Japan, in Tokyo on 27 January. During the meeting, Representative Dr. Arya briefed Ms. Sakurai on the 6 ke

Indo-US relations under Biden administration: Close ties to continue January 24, 2021, 10:46 PM IST S D Pradhan has served as chairman of Indias Joint Intelligence Committee. He has also been the countrys deputy national security adviser. He was chairman of the Task Force on Intelligence Mechanism (2008-2010), which was constituted to review the functioning of the intelligence agencies. He has taught at the departments of defence studies and history at the Punjabi University, ...

New US policy on Tibet can imply a strategic shift in India’s Himalayan intentions Arun Sreenivasan © Arun Sreenivasan New US policy on Tibet can imply a strategic shift in India’s Himalayan intentions For long, the western world, much caught up with problems of their own making, scarcely paid any heed to Indian warnings on Tibet. New Delhi, which gave refuge to the Himalayan kingdom’s spiritual leader, Dalai Lama, and his followers, helped to preserve Tibetan language ...

January 22, 2021 TOKYO: The representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Japan, Dr. Arya Tsewang Gyalpo, today met with Mr. Nagao Takashi, member of the House of Representatives and General Secretary of the All Party Japanese Parliamentary Support Group for Tibet at the Parliament building and b

Dharamshala: Speaker Pema Jungney, on behalf of Tibetans in and outside Tibet and the 16th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, expressed his heartfelt congratulations to Vice President Kamala Harris on taking the oath of office and affirmation, and assumption of office as the 49th Vice President of the Uni