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.
At least 156 Tibetans have immolated themselves in China since 2009 to protest Beijing’s homgenisation efforts in the region
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.
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.
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.
"One day you will hear that the Dalai Lama has passed away, but I will come back, even if the institution of Dalai Lama is no longer recognised. I will be back," a post on his website quoting the Dalai Lama said.
China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) stationed in Tibet Autonomous Region has been equipped with mobile howitzers which aims to boost the troops' high-altitude combat capability to improve border security, state-run Global Times reported.
Reacting to the US move, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said here that the American action disregarded facts and amounted to interfering in China's internal affairs and was a violation of international rules.
People living along the banks of Siang river in Arunachal Pradesh were moved to safer places after China informed India about the landslide, which occurred on October 17, blocking Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet leading to the formation of the artificial lake.
"China developed Tibet to become Beijing's gateway for trade to South Asia through Nepal", Yongzhang added.
The statement from Dhanoa came amid reports of China ramping up its air defence infrastructure in Tibet.
The first batch had reached Gunji Base camp by trekking 33 km from Mangti, in two days.
"After the Doklam standoff, we have increased our presence on India's side of the tri-junction as it is very important for us from the strategic dimension," a senior Army official said.
The clarification comes in the wake of reports that the Centre has asked its officials not to attend the Dalai Lama events in a bid to mend fences with Beijing.
Authorities fear China may be carrying out some heavy construction work in the upper reaches of the Siang river.
The Dalai Lama said that "China needs India, India needs China" and "they have to live side by side".
At an interactive session organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce, Dalai Lama also claimed that China and Tibet enjoyed a close relationship, though there were occasional ‘fights’.
Dalai Lama said that amid all the linguistic and cultural diversity in India, it is a country that is the "most stable, more peaceful" of the Asian nations.
China is working on ambitious project to divert water from Brahmaputra river in Tibet close to Arunachal Pradesh to the desert in Xinjiang region.
The Dalai Lama fled Tibet in 1959 after a failed uprising against the Chinese rule in his Himalayan homeland and he has been living in India in exile since then.
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