UN agency hits China over dams
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation yesterday voiced concern over China’s plans to build 13 large hydroelectric dams on the Salween river, according to the Shan state’s independent news agency.
Dalai Lama performs parikrama at Rewalsar
On the second day of the Tsechu Fair the Dalai Lama along with thousands of Buddhist pilgrims from different parts of the world, performed “parikrama” of the holy lake of Rewalsar this evening.
Karmapa breaks his silence: Tibet is India’s problem too
For the first time since he escaped to India four years ago from Chinese-controlled Tibet, Karmapa lama Ugyen Trinley Dorji has stated that ‘‘Tibet’s problem is India’s problem’’ and that India ‘‘a big and powerful nation can do much more for the Tibetan cause’’ than it has been able to do so far.