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Explained: Tiger traders switch to rhino horn routes, enforcement plays catch-up
For decades, the tiger mafia in India preferred the shortest routes to China’s demanding markets: through Nepal and Tibet. The longer northeastern route to Myanmar, meanwhile, was the mainstay of rhino horn traders who took consignments out of Assam.&#…
3 yrs, 100 tigers killed & counting: new-age poaching mafia taps tech, digital payments, hawala networks
Investigators from five states, four Central agencies, and the Interpol; three nationwide alerts; two critical meetings of chief wildlife wardens; over a dozen arrests in five states this year alone; and, a syndicate spread across the country’s tiger m…
End of the road for India’s army mules as AI units get to work
After almost two centuries of providing critical logistic backup to soldiers in forbidding and desolate terrain, including in the two World Wars, the Indian army’s mule trains are being retired and replaced with artificial intelligence-enabled robots, …
Tibetan Uprising Day 2025: History, Significance And What Happened In 1959?
Tibetan Uprising Day 2025: History, Significance And What Happened In 1959?
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Tibetan Uprising Day on March 10 marks the 1959 Lhasa uprising against Chinese rule, leading to violent con…
China, Russia and Iran will ‘very likely’ use AI to target Canada’s 2025 federal election, cyber agency warns
Open this photo in gallery: The Communications Security Establishment released a report on the cyber threats to Canada’s democratic process.MARK BLINCH/Reuters
Canada’s cybersecurity protection agency is warning that China, Russia and Iran will “…
Trump has utterly changed the rules of engagement. World leaders must learn this – and quickly
It’s not only about Donald Trump. It’s not just about saving Ukraine, or defeating Russia, or how to boost Europe’s security, or what to do about an America gone rogue. It’s about a world turned upside down – a dark, fretful, more dangerous place where…
Gyalo Thondup obituary
The life of Gyalo Thondup, who has died aged 97, was transformed after one of his younger brothers, Lhamo Thondup, was identified by senior Tibetan monks as the reincarnation of the great 13th Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader who in 1912 had declared T…
The historic Tea Horse Road, connecting India and China through Tibet
China’s Ambassador to India Xu Feihong on Sunday posted on X about the historic Tea Horse Road which spanned more than 2,000 km, and connected China to India via Tibet. “The Ancient Tea-Horse Road witnesses the exchanges and interaction between China a…
FirstUp: PM Modi in Assam, final hearing in Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment trial… News today
PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Advantage Assam 2.0 Infrastructure and Investment Summit in Guwahati. The 11th and final hearing of South Korea’s ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment trial is scheduled to take place today.…
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How DeepSeek, China’s answer to ChatGPT, is dealing with questions that make Beijing uncomfortable
An X user, @Lhatseri, asked both DeepSeek and ChatGPT whether Tibet has the right to independence. According to ChatGPT, the “question of Tibet’s right to independence is deeply complex and rooted in historical, political, cultural, and legal dimension…