According to NCS, the earthquake occurred at 03:13 AM Indian Standard Time (IST), at a depth of 10 kilometres.

Following the 1959 Tibetan uprising, India granted asylum to the Dalai Lama, angering China. Nehru, while supporting the Dalai Lama, discouraged him from taking the Tibetan issue to the UN. He also expressed concerns about the Dalai Lama's brother's...

The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has released its weekly brief, highlighting the global community's continued silence on China's human rights violations, even as China positions itself as a leader in renewable energy.

The Prague Declaration on Freedom of Religion or Belief 2025 has firmly asserted the Tibetan Buddhist community's right to choose the successor of the 14th Dalai Lama without any political interference, a move widely seen as a rebuke to...

The demonstration organised by Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) France and the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress denounced the museum's decision to remove the word "Tibet" from its artefact labels and rename its long-running "Nepal-Tibet" gallery as "Himalayan World,"...

Dorje Tashi, one of Tibet's most prominent businessmen, has reportedly suffered a violent assault inside Lhasa's Drapchi Prison, further exposing China's inhumane treatment of Tibetan political prisoners. According to his lawyer, Wang Fei, Tashi was attacked by three fellow...

Prema Thongdok, an Indian citizen from Arunachal Pradesh, was detained for 18 hours at Shanghai airport. Chinese officials declared her Indian passport invalid, claiming Arunachal Pradesh belongs to China. Indian embassy intervention ultimately resolved the situation. India protested China's...

The decision, reportedly influenced by Swiss parliamentary authorities who deemed the imagery "too political," has drawn strong criticism from Tibetan communities and human rights supporters, as reported by Phayul.

China is rapidly expanding military and civilian infrastructure in Tibet near the Indian border, improving roads, airfields, railways and logistics to strengthen troop mobility and control. Reports warn these developments enhance China's ability to project force along the LAC...

An Indian woman from Arunachal Pradesh was detained for 18 hours at Shanghai airport because Chinese officials deemed her passport invalid due to her birthplace. They insisted Arunachal Pradesh was part of China. The Indian government has been urged...

MPs Karim Bardeesy, Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe, and James Maloney delivered statements in the House of Commons, highlighting the Dalai Lama's message of compassion and advocating for Tibet's rights.

The week began in Berlin, where the WUC and Campaign for Uyghurs hosted the International Uyghur Women's Dialogue from 14-15 November.

Foreign Affairs Expert Robinder Sachdev expressed optimism as India reopens tourist visa for Chinese citizens and called it a step towards the normalisation of ties between the two countries.

Defence Expert Sanjeev Srivastava on Friday, hailed the recent news of the resumption of issuance of tourist visas to Chinese citizens worldwide, calling it a constructive development in the bilateral ties.

The fresh move followed some sequence of steps taken earlier this year, comprising the January 2025 agreement between India and China when the two countries agreed to resume direct passenger flights.

The Office of Tibet in Brussels successfully held its Second Belgian Tibetan Youth Networking Meet over the weekend, gathering 26 young Tibetans from various parts of Belgium, as reported by the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA).

According to a report released by the Washington-based advocacy organisation International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), China is increasingly using the education system to instil loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) at the expense of Tibetan culture and language,...

In a detailed piece published in Turkiye Today following his visit to the summit as an observer, Panda said that rare earths, lithium, copper and other minerals essential for renewable technologies have become "political instruments embedded in the strategic...

As per the NCS, the earthquake took place at a depth of 60km.

As part of their project, "Whither Tibet in Climate Crisis Agenda", the delegation highlighted that the Tibetan Plateau--known as the world's "Third Pole"--is warming nearly three times faster than the global average, the release stated.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met Bhutan's fourth King, Druk Gyalpo Jigme Singye Wangchuck, and later jointly inaugurated the Kalachakra Empowerment ceremony in Thimphu, marking a significant moment in the deep spiritual and cultural ties between the two...

The relics, enshrined at the National Museum in New Delhi, were taken to Thimphu on an Indian Air Force aircraft, accompanied by a high-level delegation led by Dr. Virendra Kumar, Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment.

In a landmark night for Indian-origin and South Asian Americans, several leaders registered major victories in the 2025 US polls, underscoring the growing political influence of the Indian diaspora across the country. The three wins — spanning Ohio, Virginia,...

As the Global Peace Prayer Festival continues in Thimphu, the second day of the festival saw several side events being organised as part of the grand gathering.

The ceremony combines peaceful offerings with wrathful protection rituals to heal, cleanse, and purify the body, speech, and mind of negative karma.

The Global Peace Prayer Festival 2025 began on Tuesday at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, with visuals from the venue showing Bhutan Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay in attendance.

The Global Peace Prayer Festival 2025 began at Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan, with Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay in attendance.

The festival, being held in Thimphu, features sacred rituals, a non-sectarian Global Peace Prayer, the mass recitation of Bazaguru, public blessings, and the Kalachakra Empowerment. It aims to unite spiritual leaders and practitioners from all traditions of Buddhism to...

As the world grapples with growing conflict and division, Bhutan's capital city, Thimphu, is gearing up to welcome the world for the Global Peace Prayer Festival 2025, a grand celebration of unity, compassion, and spiritual harmony.

On October 24, WUC Adviser Omer Kanat met UN permanent representatives in New York to discuss a forthcoming joint statement condemning China's continued repression of Uyghurs and to propose concrete measures to halt what rights groups describe as an...