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Activists accused China of seeking to "erase" Tibetan cultural and religious identities, urging a review of Beijing's rights record Tuesday to focus on its "cultural genocide" in the region. She and other advocates for Tibetan rights took part in an event at the UN in Geneva on Monday ahead of a review of China's rights record on Tuesday.

Occurrences of GLOFs in the Third Pole region have increased from 1.5 events annually during 1981-1990 to 2.7 events during 2011-2020 due to climate change. The expansion of the glacial lakes and the appearance of new ones will lead to more GLOFs. This poses a threat to China, Kazakhstan, Nepal, India, and Pakistan. Warming temperatures and altered rainfall patterns have caused the retreat of over 10,000 glaciers, resulting in the formation of numerous glacial lakes.

Chinese media increasingly refers to Tibet as 'Xizang' following the release of a white paper by Beijing. The paper, titled "CPC Policies on the Governance of Xizang in the New Era: Approach and Achievements", outlines developments in Tibet since President Xi Jinping took power. This is the first time 'Xizang' has been used as the English translation for Tibet. The name change reflects Beijing's emphasis on sovereignty and its efforts to exercise "discourse power". However, it is unlikely to impact how the international community refers to the region.

He may have to defend the faith in Mongolia against pressure from China’s ruling Communist Party

The United States said Tuesday it was imposing visa sanctions on Chinese officials pursuing "forced assimilation" of children in Tibet, where UN experts say one million children have been separated from their families.

Swayam is a platform launched by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, to offer online courses and certification programs. The platform is aimed at providing quality education to students and professionals, who can access the courses from anywhere, anytime, and at a very low cost.

The play Pah Lak - the first major Tibetan theatre production of its kind, featuring a Tibetan ensemble, that is being staged across India and Europe - explores the Tibetan resistance, "that is the only non-violent movement left today," says playwright Abhishek Majumdar.

After going virtual consecutively for two years due to Covid-19 restrictions, the 11th edition of the Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF) is back with all of its physical elements as filmmakers, actors, writers, producers, directors etc. from India and abroad will be assembling at Macleodganj Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district.

Sarnath, the famous Buddhist pilgrimage centre where Buddha preached his first sermons, will soon get a Sowa Rigpa Hospital, which will provide treatment based on the ancient Tibetan medicine system.

The Indian Army is training its officers in Tibetan language and culture in order to counteract Chinese influence in the border areas of Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim. Lt. Gen. RP Kalita said that the officers are undergoing a two-month Tibetology course, which involves studying culture, geography, history, politics, and demographics in Sikkim-based Namgyal Institute of Tibetology. They are also visiting monasteries and interacting with villagers to learn their culture better. The current state of the Lac is stable, but unpredictable, Lt. Gen. Kalita said at a press conference in Kolkata on Friday. China has been developing model villages near the border, and the Indian Army is countering this by developing 130 vibrant villages along the undefined border. The move comes against the backdrop of China's recent conflicts in the region. Army officers are approaching residents of border villages, often abandoned or with a sparse population, to return with the promise of basic amenities. This is prompting a reverse migration, officials said. To counter China's infrastructure development on the other side of the border, roads and other infrastructure activities are underway on the Indian side of the region.

First came the gold, then the guards. Six weeks after a TOI report said the Kedarnath shrine, freshly wreathed in over 40 kg of gold - in leaf and sheet - would be left unattended during the winter months when most of the people in the town journey to other places, authorities have deployed an Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) team comprising 30 personnel to mount a vigil around the temple. The security team arrived at Kedarnath on Monday and started duty from Tuesday.

The Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is celebrating turning 86 by thanking his supporters and expressing his appreciation for India, where he has lived since he fled his homeland in 1959. He reiterated his mission to serving humanity and urged supporters to be compassionate.

In a move reiterating its claim over Arunachal Pradesh, China's ministry of civil affairs has standardised the names of 11 places in 'Zangnan', a term the country uses to refer to the area south of the McMahon Line, which is administered by India.

Stressing the need to change the policing methodology, Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the focus needs to be much more on challenges in metropolitan areas.

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Snow leopard count, a first of its kind venture in the country, kicked off in Uttarakhand on Monday. The project, Snow Leopard Population Assessment in India (SPAI), is being conducted jointly by scientists of the Doon-based Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).