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China plans to build the world’s largest dam – but what does this mean for India and Bangladesh downstream?

China recently approved the construction of the world’s largest hydropower dam, across the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet. When fully up and running, it will be the world’s largest power plant – by some distance.

The Conversation

Scottish Greens MSP Ross Greer meets the Dalai Lama

SCOTTISH Greens MSP Ross Greer travelled to India to meet exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama.

The National (Scotland)

Dalai Lama says his successor will be born in ‘free world’ outside China

Dalai Lama warns any Beijing-appointed figure will lack legitimacy

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Dalai Lama says successor will be born in ‘free world’ outside of China

Tibetan spiritual leader says in a new book that his people’s aspiration for freedom cannot be indefinitely delayed.

Al Jazeera

Dalai Lama Book Offers 'Framework' For After His Death

The Dalai Lama published a book Tuesday he says is a "framework for the future of Tibet", to guide compatriots in relations with Beijing after his death.

International Business Times

Tibetans scuffle with police outside the Chinese Embassy in India as they mark uprising anniversary

Dozens of Tibetan protesters have clashed with police outside the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi as Tibetans living in exile mark the 66th anniversary of their uprising against China

The Independent UK

At least 4 construction workers are killed in an avalanche in northern India

The Indian army says at least 4 workers have died a day after an avalanche swept away a large construction crew working on a highway near India’s mountainous border with Tibet

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US Secretary extends wishes on 'Tibetan New Year', says committed to protect human rights of Tibetans

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has extended wishes to Tibetans on Losar, also known as the Tibetan New Year and expressed US'Read further on Dynamite News:

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AP PHOTOS: Wrathful deities are invoked in a Tibetan Buddhist dance in a monastery in north India

Wearing colorful robes and fearsome masks, the monks high stepped and spun around around the sandstone courtyard to the sound of drums, cymbals and long horns. Behind them towered the wrathful Buddhist diety Mahakala with his crown of skulls, carrying a bowl of blood and the legendary weapon Vajra.

The Independent UK

More than 20 people missing in India’s Uttarakhand after avalanche

Authorities say at least 25 people remain trapped after avalanche hits a work camp, burying dozens under the snow.

Al Jazeera

At least 41 workers are trapped after being swept away by an avalanche in northern India

Officials say at least 41 construction workers are trapped after a large group of them was swept away by an avalanche near India’s border with Tibet

The Independent UK

Tibet is one of the most linguistically diverse places in the world. This is in danger of extinction

Three days after he was released from prison in December, a Tibetan village leader named Gonpo Namgyal died. As his body was being prepared for traditional Tibetan funeral rites, marks were found indicating he had been brutally tortured in jail.

The Conversation

The world’s greatest unclimbed mountains: virgin summits that have yet to be conquered

We take a look at the world’s greatest unclimbed mountains – remote, revered giants that remain out of our reach to this day

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Dalai Lama's elder brother, who led several rounds of talks with China, dies at 97

The elder brother of the Dalai Lama and former chairman of the exiled Tibetan government in India, Gyalo Thondup, who led several rounds of talks with China and worked with foreign governments for the Tibetan cause, has died

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Alternative wonders: why Tibet’s Samye monastery is my spiritual inspiration

The region’s first Buddhist monastery is a complex of chapels and stupa towers from a vast mandala – a symbolic and spiritual representation of the whole universe

The Independent UK

Thousands moved to shelters in earthquake-hit Tibet as search for missing continues

About 1,000 of the earthquake-proof and heated houses are being sent to Tingri and can be erected in about 10 minutes, reports say

The Guardian - AU

Tibet earthquake: rescuers search for survivors after powerful quake kills 126

At least 188 people injured and more than 3,600 homes destroyed after the earthquake struck the foothills of the Himalayas on Tuesday

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Tibet earthquake rescuers race to reach survivors trapped in freezing conditions

Survivors at risk of hypothermia and frostbite as night temperature drops to -18C

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Tents arrive for survivors of earthquake in high-altitude, wintry Tibet that killed 126

Rescue workers in Tibet are searching for more survivors and victims, one day after a strong earthquake leveled thousands of houses and killed at least 126 people

International Business Times

Rescuers Search For Survivors After Quake In China's Tibet Kills At Least 126

Thousands of rescuers were searching for survivors in freezing conditions Wednesday after a devastating earthquake in China's remote Tibet region killed at least 126 people.

LiveScience

Tibet earthquake: Deadly magnitude 7.1 quake hits holy city of Shigatse

A huge magnitude 7.1 earthquake has hit the holy city of Shigatse, or Xigazê, in the autonomous region of Tibet in China.

Latin Times

Quake In China's Tibet Kills 95 With Tremors Felt In Nepal, India

Rescue workers waded through rubble strewn across the ruins in the aftermath of the earthquake, footage showed, while some gave locals thick blankets to keep warm in subzero temperatures.