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By using modern technologies many scholars are making knowledge of Buddhism available for the general public and youngsters. Many Buddhist scholars in Dharamshala town are digitalising rare Buddhist manuscripts to preserve them and give them a virtual home on the Internet.

In what turned out to be a massive setback for the Tibetan National Sports Association the French Embassy in New Delhi has denied visa to the Tibetan football

Earlier today a group of approximately twenty Tibetans and supporters staged a surprise protest outside the Asia Society against the Chinese Ambassador to the United States Zhou Wenzhong, who was there to deliver a speech on "The Future of US-China Relations."

The Dalai Lama is joining the many who will leave Houston ahead of Hurricane Rita. Officials at Rice University canceled his two talks scheduled for today because of the storm.

When the Dalai Lama delivered his first lecture to an American audience, the year was 1979, and the place was in northwestern New Jersey, at an obscure Buddhist teaching center.

The Dharma Rain Centre, a recently formed organization was today "advised" and pressured by the Deputy Consul-General of China at Mumbai to cancel a public meeting being organized by the Centre

The three day conference of the Tesi Environmental Awareness Movement (TEAM) concluded yesterday at the Ratoe Chuwar Guest house. The conference which started on 19 September was attended by representatives

Last Saturday when Elista, capital city of Kalmykia, celebrated its 140th anniversary, a huge prayer wheel containing 75 million Buddhist mantras was installed in the city center.

Businesspersons associated with the Federation of Nepal Cottage and Small Industries (FNCSI) are all set to go to Lhasa, Tibet to participate at the Nepal-China-Tibet Economic and Trade Fair 2005 to be organised from September 15 to 19.

According to the election rules and regulations, the Local Election Commissions (LEC) are barred from divulging any information about the number of voter registration or turn out