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A benefit concert in support of Tibet, called Tibet Blues, will take place on 3 February 2006 hosted by students from the University of Bristol.

Indian singing monk Ngawang Tashi Bapu, nominated for a US Grammy Award, says he never in his "wildest dreams" expected to be in the running for the coveted prize when he started chanting Buddhist hymns.

The Tibetan Conservation Awareness Campaign was formally launched by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in April 2005.The campaign was initiated by Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and the UK based Care for the

The Dalai Lama said unrest and tension was increasing in the world today in the age of information technology and spirituality was the only path to solve modern problems.

Export of hand-knitted woollen carpet, the second largest foreign currency earning exportable commodity, has declined by 9 percent in terms of quantity during the first six months of 2005/06.

Dreaming Lhasa will be the first Tibetan film to be screened in a commercial cinema hall in India, reports Voice of Tibet radio service. The film that won international appreciation at film

A total of 45,000 people visited Yonghe Lamasery to pray for happiness in the new year, up 16 percent over that for the first day of last traditional Chinese New Year, according to figures released by the Holiday Affairs Office of the Beijing Municipal Government.

The inimitable Richard Quest and his team visited Dharamsala to interview His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The interview took place on 28 January and its main theme was spiritualism.

This morning His Holiness the Dalai Lama departed for Pathankot to attend the event for commemoration of the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

Google, the giant internet search company, is to lead industry opposition to new proposals from the European Commission to regulate online content.