Senior Minister K Shanmugam announced a police investigation into "shameful" racist online attacks targeting missing Singaporeans in Nepal and Temasek leadership over SIA's Air India investment.
Catastrophic flash floods triggered by a glacial collapse along the Nepal-Tibet border have killed at least 165 people and left over 800 missing, including more than 300 Indian tourists.
His Holiness Dalai Lama on his 90th birthday on Sunday said he intends to live another 30–40 years and steer the future of Tibetan Buddhism away from Chinese control.
Chinese authorities have recently dealt a blow to the major hub of Tibetan Buddhist learning by expelling more than 1,000 Tibetan monks and nuns from the Larung Gar Buddhist Academy
The seizure was made on July 9 during a Long Range Patrolling operation launched in the Southern Sub Sector, covering areas such as Chismule, Narbula top, Zakle, and Zakla. The ITBP team was deployed to check infiltration and smuggling attempts along the border.
Chinese government officials are systematically using extreme forms of pressure to coerce rural Tibetans into relocating from their long-established villages. These methods include denigrating Tibetan culture and beliefs, and implicit threats of cutting essential services like water and electricity.