The assertion came in response to a question by five MPs of the European Parliament, namely Petras Austrevicius, Ausra Maldeikiene, Hannes Heide, Francisco Guerreiro and Petra De Sutter who had submitted a question to EU Foreign Affairs chief, Josep Borrell, asking about the position of EU on the succession of Dalai Lama and what measures the Union intends to take.The EU parliamentarians said that they expect Beijing to respect the spiritual leader's succession according to the traditional standards of Tibetan Buddhism, according to an independent analyst.In January this year, the US House of Representatives had unanimously passed the Tibetan Policy and Support Act (TPSA) to strengthen policy in support of Tibet, a move that was hailed as "encouraging and empowering" by the representatives of Tibet.The Act intended to, among other things, sanction Chinese officials for interfering in the Dalai Lama's succession.The Dalai Lama institution has existed for more than 600 years, during ...

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Amazon Prime Video has given a second season order for Greg Daniels' show "Upload". The season two renewal comes just a week after the show premiered on Amazon Prime Video, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The single-camera sitcom, featuring Robbie Amell and Andy Allo, takes place in the near future, where people who are near death can be "uploaded" into a virtual afterlife of their choice. "I am thrilled to continue a great relationship with Amazon Studios and this wonderful cast and find out what happens next to Nora and Nathan and Ingrid and their 2033 world. With this news I can stop drawing my season 2 flip book," Daniels said in a statement. "Upload" is executive produced by Daniels and his producing partner Howard Klein.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said the West Bengal government is not allowing trains with migrant workers to reach the state that may further create hardship for the labourers. In a letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Shah said not allowing trains to reach West Bengal is "injustice" to the migrant workers from the state. Referring to the 'Shramik Special' trains being run by the central government to facilitate transport of migrant workers from different parts of the country to various destinations, the home minister said in the letter that the Centre has facilitated more than two lakh migrants workers to reach home. Shah said migrant workers from West Bengal are also eager to reach home and the central government is also facilitating the train services. "But we are not getting expected support from the West Bengal. The state government of West Bengal is not allowing the trains reaching to West Bengal. This is injustice with West Bengal migrant labourers. This ...

Two-wheeler major Yamaha Motor India Group (YMIG) on Saturday said its employees have voluntarily donated a day's salary to support the government in combating the coronavirus pandemic. The company's permanent employeesas well as some trainees based out of its three plants -- Kanchipuram (Tamil Nadu), Surajpur (Uttar Pradesh) and Faridabad (Haryana), and employees at its other offices donated a total of Rs 61.5 lakh from their pay for April, YMIG said in a statement. Out of the total amount, Rs 25 lakh each will be donated to the Chief Minister's Public Relief Fund (Government of Tamil Nadu) and Chief Minister Distress Relief Fund (Government of Uttar Pradesh). The remaining Rs 11.5 lakh will be donated to the PM-CARES Fund, it added. "This is a global crisis and Yamaha's task as a global company is enormous. During such time what COVID-19 has prompted, Yamaha feels that it is important for everyone to stand united against the pandemic and come forward to support the government in ...

A truck carrying fodder was damaged in a fire on Jammu-Pathankot highway in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said. The truck reached Pla-Morh from Punjab and was being unloaded when it suddenly caught fire as the driver tried to move it forward, a police official said. He said fire and emergency services personnel rushed to the scene and put out the blaze. The truck was completely damaged but its driver escaped unhurt, the official said.

A man has been arrested for allegedly obstructing a public servant and damaging property in east Delhi''s Kalyanpuri area, police said on Saturday. The incident, which took place on Friday, was captured in a video and circulated on social media, they said. In the video, a shirtless man can be seen in inebriated state and obstructing a police gypsy. He repeatedly bangs on its windscreen and makes a crack on it. People are trying to take him out of the way, but he refuses and stands in front of the gypsy. "The incident took place on Friday around 4.30 pm in Trilokpuri area. The accused, identified as Harkesh, has been arrested. He was drunk at the time of the incident, Deputy Commissioner of Police (east) Jasmeet Singh said. "A case under IPC sections 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions), 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and damage to ...

The BRAI Bill 2013 purports to uphold the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety but completely overlooks a critical sub-protocol that provides for liability and redress in case of damage to biodiversity. Shalini Bhutani explains why that defeats the very purpose of the Bill.

Rapid industrial growth brought wealth but also unchecked pollution to the town of Vapi. It impacted the local fishing communities by destroying their livelihoods. Manisha Goswami and Bharat Patel report on the decades of damage caused by the chemical industries in the area.

On learning that she could find out why her widow pension was being delayed, she made her grandson write out an RTI application on her behalf. When she got her pension, I realised how powerful this law could be, writes R Balasubramaniam.

Garments made in Bangladeshi factories that major retailers have banned as unsafe are finding their way onto Amazon's site for sale in the U.S. WSJ investigates Amazon's apparel supply chains and the impact of its marketplace on garment factory workers. Photo: Karan Deep Singh for The Wall Street Journal

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The entire episode of BJP leader Lalkrishna Advani's resignation from the party and its subsequent meek withdrawal not only breaks the myth of his capacity for brinkmanship, but may also prove to be a spoiler for the party in the run up to the Lok Sabha, says B.S. Nagaraj.

As the Kerala government takes steps to re-inspire citizens to engage in grassroots level governance, P Mohammad Nizar draws attention to certain critical issues that must be addressed for the Panchayati Raj Institutions in the state to be effectively revitalised.

Will the FTII, which once encouraged plurality of cinema, be reduced to providing skilled labour for an assembly line production system of films? Students and alumni are worried. Shoma Chatterji reports.

In Bilaspur's Saturday vegetable market, loaders complain of interminable waits each day to receive payments as low as Rs 5 from traders and vendors. In this fourth article in our SLUM DIARIES series, Ashima Sood notes that a plethora of labour laws are being flouted, with Chhatisgarh's minimum wages schedule not helping.

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Every year the Knight fellowships program at Stanford University awards eight international fellowships for journalism innovation. This year, one of the eight is your own newsmagazine’s co-founder.

The proposed 1000 MW coal-fired power plant at Chamalapura, Mysore, to be located on agricultural land and within 30 kilometres of the Nagarhole and Bandipur national parks, evoked strong protests last year. Recent announcements indicate that the government is going slow. Nandini Chami has more.

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This northern most district of Bihar, bordering Nepal, has hordes of dalit hindu and muslim children working at hotels and restaurants in violation of a statutory order prohibiting such work. Everything from education policy, to law enforcement, to rehabilitation has been messed up, finds Rahul Ramagundam.

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आज सुबह रामायण (Ramayana) टीवी पर आते ही सोशल मीडिया (Social Media) पर लोगों ने इसे देखते हुए तस्वीरें शेयर करनी शुरू कर दी हैं. ट्विटर (Twitter) पर #Ramayan नंबर 1 पर ट्रेंड करता दिखाई दिया.

रामायण (Ramayan) और महाभारत (Mahabharat) के बाद अब टीवी पर पुराने विज्ञापन (90s Advertisement) लौट आए हैं.

रामायण (Ramayan) का दौर एक बार फिर वापस आ गया. ऐसे में जानें जामवंत (Jamwant) का रोल निभाने वाले अभिनेता राजशेखर उपाध्याय (Rajshekhar Upadhyay) के बारे में.

रामायण की सीता (Sita) यानी एक्ट्रेस दीपिका चिखलिया (Deepika Chikhalia) ने उस दौर की कहानी बताई जब रामायण (Ramayan) का पहला एपिसोड शूट हुआ था.

रामायण (Ramayan) के लक्ष्मण (Laxman) यानी एक्टर सुनील लहरी (Actor Sunil Lahri) की पुरानी फोटोज (Old Photos) जबरदस्त वायरल हो रही हैं.

30 सालों में कितने बदल गए 'रामायण' (Ramayan) में लव-कुश (Luv-Kush) का किरदार निभाने वाले अभिनेता मयूरेश क्षेत्रमाडे (Mayuresh Kshetramade) और स्वप्निल जोशी (Swapnil Joshi).

रामायण (Ramayan) में भगवान राम के भाई 'भरत' (Bharat) का किरदार निभाने वाले अभिनेता संजय जोग (Sanjay Jog) के बारे में जानें कुछ अहम बातें.

रामायण (Ramayan) की सीता (Sita) यानी एक्ट्रेस दीपिका चिखलिया (Deepika Chikhalia) ने अहम सीन काटे जाने पर खुलकर नाराजगी जाहिर की है.

परशुराम जयंती (Parshuram Jayanti) के मौके पर देखिए 'रामायण' (Ramayan) में राम (Ram), लक्ष्मण (Laxman) और परशुराम (Parshuram) का संवाद.

रामायण (Ramayan) के निर्माता रामानंद सागर (Ramanand Sagar) और जामवंत (Jamwant) का किरदार निभा चुके एक्टर राजशेखर उपाध्याय (Rajshekhar Udadhyay) के बीच काफी अच्छी दोस्ती थी.

रामायण (Ramayan) के अहम सीन्स को काटे जाने के आरोपों के बीच अब लक्ष्मण (Laxman) का किरदार निभा चुके अभिनेता सुनील लहरी (Sunil Lahri) ने इस पर बात की है.

रामायण (Ramayan) ने दुनिया भर में फैंस बना लिए हैं और इसके साथ ही एक जबरदस्त विश्व रिकॉर्ड (World Record) भी स्थापित किया है.

दूरदर्शन (Doordarshan) ने ट्वीट के जरिए दर्शकों को धन्यवाद कहा है. इस ऐतिहासिक विश्व रिकॉर्ड के लिए कहीं न कहीं दूरदर्शन के दर्शक भी क्रेडिट के हकदार हैं.