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Two Tibetans honoured with ‘Rangeland Restoration Awards’ for grassroots conservation and pastoralism

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 6: Two Tibetans, Trachung Palzang from Ngawa (Ch. Sichuan) and Hashu Karma Choshas from Yushu (Ch. Qinghai), have been honoured with the Rangeland Restoration Awards 2026 for their contributions to grassland restoration, pastoral livelihoods, ecological conservation, and...

Flash floods and debris damage roads, pastures at sacred Mount Amnye Machen

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 7: Flash floods and extensive debris flows struck Mount Amnye Machen in Machen County, Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Amdo (Ch. Qinghai), on the evening of August 5, damaging roads and bridges and burying large stretches...

China restrict Tibetan volunteers, relief efforts in flood-hit Kyirong

Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 4: Chinese authorities have imposed stringent restrictions on movement into flood-hit Kyirong region in occupied Tibet, preventing Tibetans from other parts of the region from travelling to the disaster zone to provide relief and express...

Dalai Lama returns to Dharamshala after more than two-month sojourn in Ladakh 

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 4: The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama returned to Dharamshala on Friday after spending more than two months in Leh, Ladakh, bringing to a close an extended summer sojourn marked by religious...

Real Madrid deletes Nepal-Tibet flood post after Chinese backlash

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 3: Spanish football powerhouse Real Madrid has deleted a social media post referring to victims of the devastating Tibet-Nepal floods, days after the club came under intense criticism from Chinese state media and online users...

Tibetan, Chinese pro-democracy advocates adopt joint declaration at Dharamshala forum

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 3: A three-day forum bringing together Tibetan and Chinese scholars, policy experts, and human rights activists concluded in Dharamshala on Wednesday with a joint call for nonviolence, democratic reform, and sustained dialogue as pathways towards...

Book honouring Lobga Rangzen’s legacy launched in Dharamshala

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 2: Marking two months since the passing of Tibetan independence activist Lobga Rangzen, a collection of 77 essays and prose pieces written by Tibetans in the aftermath of his self-immolation was launched on Wednesday at...

CTA reaffirms democratic legacy on 66th Tibetan Democracy Day

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 2: The exile Tibetan government, officially known as the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), on Wednesday commemorated the 66th anniversary of Tibetan Democracy Day at the Tsuglagkhang Temple in Dharamshala, reaffirming the democratic institutions established under...

Tibetan researchers, activists demand transparency from China over Kyirong flash floods 

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 1: A joint press briefing in Dharamshala on Tuesday raised alarm over what activists and researchers described as an ‘information blackout’ surrounding the devastating flash floods in Kyirong in occupied Tibet, demanding that China release...

China censors Kyirong flood footage, grossly under-reports death toll

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 31: Video footage capturing the terrifying moments when people fled a rapidly advancing wall of mud and debris at the Kyirong Port in occupied Tibet has reportedly been removed from Chinese social-media platforms, fuelling concerns...