Kolkata, July 15 (IANS) Chief of the Army Staff General Dhiraj Seth visited the headquarters of the XXXIII Corps, also known as the Trishakti Corps, in Sukna, West Bengal. The Corps, under the Eastern Command, is responsible for security along the China border in Sikkim. The COAS met with senior commanders and reviewed the security situation and operational preparedness of the formations within the Corps.The Army said in a statement that General Seth was briefed on operational deployments, evolv…
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New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) China is using Tibet as a resource hub to propel its renewable energy campaign, but this is happening at a high cost to the region’s environment and the life of the local population, according to reports.China is building major green infrastructure in Tibet, including large solar projects and the planned Metok (Motuo) mega-dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo. Many batteries used in clean technologies also depend on materials produced in the region. Tibet therefore stands at the …
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Chinese scientists have raised fresh concerns over the geological risks facing China’s massive hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet, warning that an active fault line beneath the site could threaten the structural stability of the world’s largest hydropower dam, a report has said.According to a report by the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the warning is based on a study published last month in the Chinese-language journal Sedimentary Geology and Te…
Washington, July 10 (IANS) China is intensifying human rights abuses in Tibet and using a new law to place its forced assimilation policies on a legal footing, the head of a leading Tibet advocacy group has said. Ryan Fioresi, executive director of the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), said the situation inside Tibet remained deeply troubling. He urged the United States and other governments to press Beijing to resume negotiations with the Dalai Lama or his representatives.”The situation i…
New York, July 10 (IANS) The self-immolation outside United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York was not an isolated act of despair but a desperate plea to the international community, reminding them that Tibet’s suffering remains hidden behind China’s facade. A person setting himself on fire is not only a tragedy but demonstrates the silence of the international community, a report has detailed. “Self-immolation has become a haunting form of protest among Tibetans. It is not born of fanaticism…
Dharamsala, July 9 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader, The Dalai Lama, who is recuperating in Ladakh’s Leh from the medical procedure of his left knee, said on Thursday that like in the past he found the climate here at this time of year well suited to his health and would remain here for the next several weeks. In a thank you message to his followers and well-wishers, who greeted him on his 91st birthday, the Nobel Peace Laureate wrote, “I would like to thank you all for your greetings on my 91st …
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The Dragon is playing with water, as reports suggest, through several ambitious river projects to expand “hydro-hegemony” in the region. China’s “water games” across South Asia include capitalising on mega-dams in Medog on the Tibetan Plateau, such as the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze, and pushing the Teesta River management project in Bangladesh to turn hydropower into geopolitical leverage.Incidentally, China now has 24,217 large dams; the US follows with 10,053, whi…
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday extended warm birthday greetings to the Dalai Lama and said that his message of peace and harmony has been a guiding force for people across the world. PM Modi took to social media ‘X’ and said, “Warm birthday greetings to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. His message of peace and harmony has been a guiding force for people across the world. His moral and spiritual strength and his commitment to global good are commendable. Wishing him a…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Pakistan’s contrasting responses to upstream water projects by India and China have raised questions about the consistency of Islamabad’s stance on transboundary water security. If upstream interventions are considered a threat to downstream interests, the same principle should apply regardless of whether the upstream country is India or China, a report has highlighted.The muted response to Beijing’s upper Indus dam, alongside persistent objections to Indian projects u…
Brussels, July 4 (IANS) China’s use of Buddhism reflects hollowing out of faith, turning temples into tourist attractions, monks into state employees, and scriptures reshaped to promote obedience to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The pursuit of spiritual enlightenment has given way to the pursuit of political loyalty. This “distortion” is most evident in Tibet with Buddhism not only tightly managed but also weaponised against those who hold it sacred, a report has stated.”China’s paradoxical…