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Snowfall halts Everest tourism in Nepal, Tibet

The Everest region in Nepal and China is closed to tourists due to heavy snowfall and cyclone winds. A helicopter crashed while attempting a rescue mission near Everest Base Camp, where trekkers were stranded.

Kiran Desai’s first novel in nearly 20 years is shortlisted for the Booker. Last time, she won it

Is Kiran Desai’s The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny the great American–Indian novel?

Dr. Sophie Richardson and Geshe Lobsang Monlam receive International Campaign for Tibet’s Snow Lion Human Rights Award from Richard Gere

October 28, 2025 Berlin, October 25, 2025 – This weekend, the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) bestowed the 2025 Snow Lion Human Rights Award on long-time human rights defender Dr. Sophie Richardson and Tibetan Buddhist scholar Geshe Lobsang Monlam....

CTA President engages with U.S. lawmakers following official visit to Mexico

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 28: The President of the Tibetan government in exile, known officially as the Central Tibetan Administration Penpa Tsering began his official visit to the United States on Monday with a series of engagements on Capitol...

Committee Begins Reviewing Financial Accounts of Auditor General’s Office for 2025-2026

Dharamshala:  A committee met today, 28 October 2025, to review the financial accounts of the Auditor General’s office for the fiscal year 2024-2025. The committee comprises of Parliamentarian Lopon Thupten Gyaltsen, Deputy Secretary Dawa of the Department of Education,...

‘DeepSeek is humane. Doctors are more like machines’: my mother’s worrying reliance on AI for health advice

Tired of a two-day commute to see her overworked doctor, my mother turned to tech for help with her kidney disease. She bonded with the bot so much I was scared she would refuse to see a real medicThis...

Sikyong Penpa Tsering Engages with Member of Congress, Key Senate Committee, and Staffers in Washington, D.C.

Washington D.C.: On 27 October 2025, Sikyong Penpa Tsering, the democratically elected leader of Central Tibetan Administration began his official visit to the United States with a series of engagements in Capitol Hill, despite ongoing U.S. government shutdown. During...

International Lavi Mela: Chamurthi horse exhibition in Shimla to draw breeders from Punjab, Haryana, J&K, Ladakh

To promote the breed, the district administration has invited breeders from Punjab, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh to the exhibition

Sophie Richardson, Geshe Lobsang Monlam honoured with ICT ‘Snow Lion’ Human Rights Award

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 27: The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) has conferred its prestigious Snow Lion Human Rights Award on longtime human rights defender Dr. Sophie Richardson and Tibetan Buddhist scholar Geshe Lobsang Monlam at a ceremony held in Berlin....

Record 96% nuns clear 2025 Geshema examination

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 27: A record number of Tibetan Buddhist nuns have excelled in the 2025 Geshema examinations, with 154 out of 161 candidates successfully passing and an extraordinary 96% pass rate, the highest since the degree was...