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The charity show organized by Tibetan Youth Congress was the latest in the line of solidarity gestures by the Tibetan refugees for the Indians in their hour of loss and pain. The devastating Tsunami waves killed thousands of people in India’s southern parts.

It was altogether a different experience for the tsunami survivors in Nagapattinam district when a team of Tibetan monks arrived at the devastated town on Pongal (harvest festival of Tamil Nadu) and toured the affected parts consoling the victims.

Despite its busy schedule and hectic engagements in the relay hunger strikes all over India, the Tibetan Youth Congress, the largest non-governmental organisation of the Tibetan diaspora, has moved away for a while from political activism to charity.

After revival of ties with Beijing in 2002 and the three subsequent visits of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's envoys to China and areas of Tibet in the following years, the Central Tibetan Administration has geared up its efforts, as guided by His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile Samdhong Rinpoche today said India's rich ideological and spiritual heritage was its inherent power which could help lead and guide the entire world.

Tibetan Community of France in coordination with some French Tibet Support groups staged a rally of the candle lights near the Chinese Ambassy in Paris, for the release of Ven Tulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, who has been sentenced to the death penalty by Chinese authority for his social service contributing works in Tibet.

The Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama for Northern Europe, Mrs. Kesang Y. Takla, returned here yesterday after a successful two-day visit to Ireland where she gave a talk on Tibet at the University of Dublin and met with officials of the Irish Prime Minister's Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

A U.S.-based rights watchdog has criticised China in a survey, saying the world's most populous country remains a "highly repressive state" where the government routinely violates basic freedoms.

Parliament adopted a joint resolution with 99 votes in favour, 2 against with 7 abstentions reiterating their support for the rule of law and urges the Chinese government to immediately commute the death sentence handed down to Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche.

Following the visit of two special envoys of the Dalai Lama to China, the Tibetan government-in-exile has revamped the task force formed for helping find a solution to the Tibetan issue through negotiations with Chinese leaders.