In November 1995, the Chinese government appointed Gyaltsen Norbu, the son of Communist Party members, as the 11th Panchen Lama using a lottery system called the Golden Urn. This method, historically ...

It’s no secret that Mt. Everest has been polluted with trash, dead bodies, oxygen bottles and the like since the advent of commercial climbing in the 1990s. Two experts weigh in. ByJim Clash ...

In Nepal, a venerable monk, Geshe Lama Konchog, dies and one of his disciples, a youthful monk named Tenzin Zopa, searches for his master's reincarnation. The film follows his search to the Tsum ...

The man picked by Beijing as the second highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism pledged adherence to the ruling Communist Party’s dictates on Friday during a rare face-to-face meeting with Chinese ...

Gyaltsen Norbu was installed by Beijing as the 11th Panchen Lama in 1995 in defiance of the religion’s highest authority the Dalai Lama, whose pick for the role — a six-year-old boy — has ...

Hong Kong (CNN) — A young Tibetan controversially appointed by China’s atheist Communist Party as the second-highest spiritual leader in Tibetan Buddhism has pledged to make the religion more ...

To mark World Environment Day, the SAARC Development Fund (SDF) and the Bhutan Ecological Society (BES) launched the country’s first utility-scale biogas project in Thimphu yesterday. launch, Drukair ...

Norbu Tenzing (son of Tenzing Norgay), Simon Gillis and David Michôd will serve as executive producers, with Pravesh Sahni co-producing and Rakesh Singh line producing for Itop Film Productions.

GANGTOK- A catastrophic landslide struck North Sikkim’s Chatten area on the evening of June 1, 2025, resulting in the loss of at least three lives, including Indian Army personnel, and several still ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

After Norbu's withdrawal from the competition due to an injury, members of the Hip Hop Army stepped up to partner with the contestants, elevating the competition a notch higher. But the real ...