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Dalai Lama receives first dose of anti-coronavirus vaccine

US Congress seeks int’l coalitions to ensure next Dalai Lama is appointed by Tibetan Buddhists

10:37 pm December 22, 2020

Washington: Needling China, the US Congress has passed a bill that reaffirms the right of Tibetans to choose a successor to their spiritual leader and expands the role of a special diplomat on Tibetan issues to pursue international coalitions to ensure that the next Dalai Lama is appointed solely by the Tibetan Buddhist community. The Tibetan Policy and Support Act of 2020, which was passed […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Missouri couple accused in torture death of 4-year-old girl

10:19 pm December 22, 2020

Cole Camp : A west-central Missouri couple face multiple charges accusing them of torturing and killing a 4-year-old girl and torturing the child’s mother and 2-year-old brother. Deputies were called just before 1 a.m. Sunday to a rural home near the town of Cole Camp, the Benton County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release. A […]

Chinese are on march to prove their importance, are taking up vacuum that US created: Albright

China hits back with visa bans against US officials behind new Tibet policy act

10:16 pm December 22, 2020

Beijing: China on Tuesday said it would impose reciprocal measures against unnamed American officials and their family members who were behind a legislation passed by the US Congress on Tibet, asserting that it brooks no interference in its internal affairs. The US Congress has approved a USD 900-billion COVID-19 relief package late on Monday, along with USD […]

Hyderabad man ‘shot at’ in US, his family claims

12:51 pm December 22, 2020

Hyderabad: A 43-year-old man from Hyderabad was fired upon and injured in Chicago in the United States, his family members said here on Monday. Mohammed Mujeebuddin suffered bullet injuries in the early hours of Monday and has been admitted to a hospital in a very critical condition, his wife said in a letter to Telangana […]

Biden publicly receives COVID-19 vaccine

12:34 pm December 22, 2020

Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday publicly received the COVID-19 vaccine and said he was doing this to demonstrate that people should be ready to take the vaccine when it is available. Biden received the first course of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at Christiana Care Hospital. “I am doing this to demonstrate that people should […]