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The Dalai Lama Institute for Higher Education (DLIHE) in Bangalore will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the University of Mysore (UOM) represented by the Registrar at Vice Chancellor's chambers on 20 Apri.

According to information received on Tibetan self-immolator, Phagmo Dhondup, has succumbed to his injuries after undergoing treatment in a hospital in Siling for over a month. On 24 February, Dhondup (in his 20s) set himself on fire in the ancient Jhakhyung Monastery in Palung region of Tshoshar, Eastern Tibet. Monks of the monastery took him to a hospital.

Following the self-immolation protest by Jugtso or Chuktso in Zamthang in Ngaba, Eastern Tibet, thousands of local Tibetans at the Jonang Monastery to offer their prayers and last respects. Jugtso, 20, mother of four, set herself alight outside Jonang Monastery in Zamthang around 3 pm local time yesterday.

University of Sydney in Australia, which has close links with China, has cancelled a talk by Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama scheduled on June 18 during his visit to Sydney. The event was to be organized by the university's new Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (IDHR) at the Seymour Centre.

The Chabcha County People's Court has sentenced eight Tibetan students up to four years in prison for carrying out major protests against the Chinese government in November 2012 at Chabcha region of Tsolho, Eastern Tibet.

The Tibetan national flag (banned in Tibet and China) was shown uncut and un-blurred in Rockstar at the Beijing International Film Festival yesterday. According to the Indian newspaper The Hindu

The Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR) of the exile Tibetan administration in association with Tibetan Welfare Office of Dharamsala today held 'Understanding Middle Way Approach to resolve the issue of Tibet'.

Jugtso set herself alight outside a monastery in Ngaba, eastern Tibet around 3pm local time today, 16 April. Local witnesses confirmed that she died at the scene. Her body was taken into the monastery where religious ceremonies were conducted.

The United States has called upon China to engage in dialogue with the Tibetans spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama and his representatives "without preconditions". Speaking to reporters in Washington DC, Patrick Ventrell from the State Department said, "We call on the Chinese Government to engage in substantive dialogue with the Dalai Lama, with his representatives, and without preconditions."

Dalhousie's Central Tibetan School for Tibetans, one of the oldest Tibetan schools under the Central Tibetan Schools Administration in India will commemorate its golden jubilee celebrations from 28 to 30 April.