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  China to build important 'passageway' to South Asia through Tibet: Report

  World | March 05, 2021 19:56 IST

  China will support Tibet in building the passageway to South Asia, state-run Xinhua news agency reported, quoting the 14th Plan document which was submitted to the National People’s Congress, (NPC), China’s Parliament.

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  Top Tibetan political leader visits White House for first time in 6 decades

  World | November 21, 2020 21:13 IST

  The head of the Tibetan government in exile has visited the White House for the first time in six decades and met the newly appointed senior US official on Tibetan issues, the Central Tibetan Administration said on Saturday.

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  Tibetan Youth Congress organises anti-China bike rally in Himachal Pradesh

  News | November 18, 2020 20:57 IST

  Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) orgainsed a bike rally campaign on November 18. The rally kick started from Dharamshala to Kinnaur.

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  Locals showcase 'systematic oppression of Tibetans in Tibet' through street play

  News | November 13, 2020 8:53 IST

  Tibetans in-exile held a street play in Dharamshala to highlight the 'systematic oppression of Tibetans in Tibet'. Locals acted a very powerful performance to demonstrate the subjugation.

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  President Xi orders advancing construction of rail line in Tibet, close to Arunachal Pradesh

  World | November 08, 2020 19:09 IST

  The Sichuan-Tibet Railway starts from Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, and travels through Ya'an and enters Tibet via Qamdo, shortening the journey from Chengdu to Lhasa from 48 hours to 13 hours.

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  China's foreign minister makes rare visit to Tibet; emphasises security and stability

  World | August 16, 2020 20:35 IST

  China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi has made a rare visit to Tibet and the border areas last week and emphasised that the security and stability of the region is important to the overall development of the country, the official media here reported.

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  Indian spy satellite passes over Tibet, China mobilises troops

  India | July 26, 2020 14:01 IST

  India's premier intelligence-gathering satellite EMISAT, operated by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), has taken a good look at the positions of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) in occupied Tibet.

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  Powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake hits Tibet's Xizang region

  World | July 23, 2020 7:00 IST

  A powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit Xizang region in southern Tibet on Thursday. The epicentre of the earthquake was 6 miles deep and 380 miles north from neighbouring Nepal's capital of Kathmandu.

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  US bans visas of Chinese officials for restricting foreigners' access to Tibet

  World | July 08, 2020 6:42 IST

  The Trump administration fired a new shot in its diplomatic war with China on Tuesday by imposing travel bans on Chinese officials it says are restricting foreigners’ access to Tibet.

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  Know the story behind China's capture of Tibet

  News | July 02, 2020 20:51 IST

  China has always been known for its expansionist agenda. Know how China captured Tibet and made life hell for people there.

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  Tune into AIR's Tibet programmes, Prasar Bharati urges people amid heightened India-China tensions

  India | June 18, 2020 9:49 IST

  Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has urged people to tune into the Tibetan programs offered by All India Radio (AIR). The Tibetan World Service brings authentic news and programs for and from Chinese occupied Tibet. 

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  80-km long road connecting Lipulekh pass to Dharchula, Uttarakhand opens

  India | May 08, 2020 17:02 IST

  Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday inaugurated an 80-km strategically crucial road connecting the Lipulekh pass at a height of 17,000 feet along the border with China in Uttarakhand with Dharchula.

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  5.9 magnitude earthquake hits Tibet near Nepal border

  World | March 20, 2020 10:43 IST

  The epicentre of the quake was located 28.63 degrees north latitude and 87.42 degrees east longitude, with a depth of 10 km, according to the China Earthquake Networks Centre.

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  Tibetan county jolted by three earthquakes

  India | March 10, 2020 10:42 IST

  Three moderate earthquakes jolted a county in Tibet on Tuesday, though no casualties were reported, official media reported.

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  Only coronavirus patient in Tibet discharged from hospital

  World | February 12, 2020 17:36 IST

  The only patient infected with the novel coronavirus in Tibet was discharged from hospital on Wednesday after 18 days of treatment. The 34-year-old patient is from Suizhou city in Hubei province, the epicentre of the virus. He travelled from Hubei's capital Wuhan to Lhasa, the provincial capital of Tibet by train from January 22 to 24.

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  Tibet reports first confirmed case of coronavirus

  World | January 30, 2020 9:29 IST

    Coronavirus originated in Wuhan, a Chinese city of more than 11 million people and has since then spread to various countries around the world. As many as 170 people have been killed, while over 1700 cases have been registered in China alone.

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  China’s new ethnic identity law reflects its failure in Tibet, Xinjiang-style campaign may follow

  World | January 13, 2020 22:08 IST

  At least 156 Tibetans have immolated themselves in China since 2009 to protest Beijing’s homgenisation efforts in the region

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  Tibetans will never accept a Dalai Lama chosen by China

  World | November 28, 2019 16:30 IST

  The conference is organised by the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), which provides democratic governance to the Tibetan diaspora. In attendance were the heads and senior masters of all the Tibetan Buddhist lineages as well as of the Bon religion.

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  China aims to build its own Yellowstone on Tibetan plateau

  World | November 12, 2019 13:45 IST

  There's a building boom on the Tibetan plateau, one of the world's last remote places. Mountains long crowned by garlands of fluttering prayer flags are newly topped with sprawling steel power lines. At night, the illuminated signs of Sinopec gas stations cast a red glow over newly built highways. 

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  China inks most ambitious rail deal to connect Tibet with Kathmandu

  World | October 14, 2019 8:58 IST

  Nepal shares a long border with Tibet and is home to around 20,000 Tibetan exiles. Every year some 2,500 Tibetans illegally enter Nepal crossing Tibetan border on their way to Dharamshala to meet the 84-year-old Dalai Lama.