Dharamshala: A parliamentary committee tasked with reviewing the regulations concerning the Central Council of Tibetan Medicine (CCTM), also known as Sowa Rigpa Lentsok, concluded its review on 23 August 2024. This committee was established at the request of the CCTM. The committee members, led (...)
Chicago: Tibetan Parliamentarians Karma Gelek, Lobsang Gyatso Sither, and Tenzin Choezin attended the International Leaders Forum from 19 to 22 August organised by National Democratic Institute in Chicago, Illinois. Members of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile were invited to participate in this (...)
New Delhi: A three-day gathering titled “Tibet in Global Climate Conversation: A Strategic Planning and Advocacy Workshop” was held at the International Youth Centre (Vishwa Yuvak Kendra) in New Delhi from 20-22 August 2024. The gathering focused on environmental and climate advocacy. Hosted by (...)
by Tim Knauss for tknauss@syracuse.com Syracuse, N.Y. – The Dalai Lama, a world spiritual leader who typically draws big crowds anywhere he goes, quietly spent this summer at a suburban home outside Syracuse without much of anyone knowing. His Holiness, as he is called, spent six weeks (...)
New York: Around 17,000 devotees from North America gathered in Elmont on the outskirts of New York city on 22 August 2024 morning to make a collective long-life offering, Tenshug, to His Holiness the Dalai Lama by Tibetan, Mongolian and Himalayan communities. His Holiness had arrived in New (...)
–dalailama.com Thekchen Chöling, Dharamshala, HP, India, 22 August 2024: As His Holiness the Dalai Lama prepares to return to India after two months in the United States receiving medical treatment, the Tibetan Community of North America and their American friends filled the UBS Arena to offer (...)
Ladakh: The Department of Education (DoE) has successfully completed the installation of outdoor play equipment across four locations in Ladakh. This includes two crèches in Agling, and one pre-primary section each in TCV School, Choglamsar, and TCV Hanley. In addition to outdoor play equipment, (...)
Dharamshala: The U.S. Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, Under Secretary Uzra Zeya, along with the Special Assistant to the President and National Security Council Senior Director for Democracy and Human Rights, Kelly Razzouk, received a special audience with His Holiness the Dalai Lama on (...)
São Paulo, Brazil: On 12 August, São Paulo was graced by the arrival of five monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery in South India, marking the start of their “Mystical Arts of Tibet” tour across Latin America. Their journey began in the serene settings of Curitiba and Quatro Barras, Paraná, (...)
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (Reuters) – Senior officials from the U.S. State Department and the White House met with the Dalai Lama in New York on Wednesday and “reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to advancing the human rights of Tibetans,” the State Department said. The meeting with the 89-year-old exiled (...)