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  • Meta ‘talking’ to Oprah Winfrey, the Dalai Lama to explore its Twitter-like app

    Meta ‘talking’ to Oprah Winfrey, the Dalai Lama to explore its Twitter-like app

    As people search for “sanely run” Twitter alternatives, Meta’s upcoming micro-blogging platform will use Instagram’s account system to automatically populate a user’s information.

    Meta is in discussions with big celebrities to become early users of its Twitter alternative, like Oprah Winfrey, the Dalai Lama, and DJ Slime, reports The Verge.

    The new standalone app will be based on Instagram and integrate with ‘ActivityPub’, the decentralised social media protocol, Athe report noted.

    The project was first named Project 92. Now, it is also known as ‘Threads’ and Meta employees were recently shown a preview of the app, which will be based on Instagram.

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  • Dalai Lama expressed grief over the death of people in Odisha train accident

    Dalai Lama expressed grief over the death of people in Odisha train accident

    Dharamshala (IANS) | Tibetan religious leader Dalai Lama expressed grief over the death of people in the Odisha train accident on Saturday. In a letter to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, he said, “I express my condolences to the families who have lost their loved ones and pray for all those who have been injured and affected by this tragedy.”

    I greatly appreciate that the State Government and other agencies, including the Central Government, are doing their best to provide medical treatment and assistance to the injured and others affected by this tragic accident.

    As a mark of solidarity with the people of Odisha, the Dalai Lama Trust (DLT) is donating towards medical treatment as well as relief and rescue efforts.

    As you know, I have had the opportunity to visit Odisha several times and have also had the honor of meeting you.

    Coaches of Coromandel Express and SMVT-Howrah Super Fast Express derailed in Odisha’s Balasore district on Friday evening, killing 261 people and injuring nearly 900.

    –IANS

  • Dalai Lama congratulates Siddaramaiah on becoming Chief Minister

    Dalai Lama congratulates Siddaramaiah on becoming Chief Minister

    Dharamshala (IANS) | The Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet, on Saturday congratulated Siddaramaiah on becoming the Chief Minister of Karnataka once again. The Dalai Lama wrote that last April was the 64th anniversary of our life in exile. In order to find a suitable place to resettle the many Tibetans who had fled to India at that time, Prime Minister Pandit Nehru appealed to the Chief Ministers of various states to provide land.

    The most generous response was from the then Chief Minister of your state (Karnataka) S. It came from Nijalingappa. I had actually met him earlier in 1956, when I had come to India. We both have a very clear memory of the meeting.

    Subsequently, in the 1960s, more than 30,000 Tibetans were resettled in Karnataka, the largest group of exiled Tibetans. I am grateful to the state of Karnataka. I attended a special function in Bengaluru in August 2018 to thank the state and its people for their friendship and generous support.

    Having said that, I would like His Holiness to once again express our deep gratitude to the Government and people of Karnataka for the warm and friendly support they have extended to Tibetans during this critical time.

    I take this opportunity to wish you success in meeting the challenges ahead in fulfilling the hopes and aspirations of the people of Karnataka.

    –IANS

  • Dalai Lama receives 1959 Magsaysay Award personally after 64 years

    Dalai Lama receives 1959 Magsaysay Award personally after 64 years

    Dharamsala : Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama was on Wednesday presented the 1959 Ramon Magsaysay Award personally by the members of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation after 64 years at his residence in the hill town of Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh.

    Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama was on Wednesday presented the 1959 Ramon Magsaysay Award personally by the members of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation after 64 years at his residence in the hill town of Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh.

    The Dalai Lama’s office said this was the first international award given to His Holiness “for Community Leadership in recognition of his leadership of the Tibetan community’s gallant struggle in defense of the sacred religion that is the inspiration of their life and culture” by the Foundation in the Philippines in August 1959. According to the Tibetan spiritual leader’s office, his elder brother Gyalo Thonden had received the Magsaysay Award on his behalf in Manila, the Philippines in August 1959. The Ramon Magsaysay Award, often called the “Nobel Prize of Asia”, is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay’s example of integrity in governance, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society, the Dalai Lama’s office said.

    The prize was established in April 1957 by the trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund based in New York City with the concurrence of the Philippine government.

  • Dalai Lama incident: Congress MLA suggests Chinese hand

    Dalai Lama incident: Congress MLA suggests Chinese hand

    Shimla: Amid a controversy over a video clip purportedly showing the Dalai Lama asking a boy to “suck” his tongue, Himachal Pradesh Congress MLA Ravi Thakur on Saturday suggested the hand of China in it to defame the Tibetan spiritual head.

    Thakur, the MLA from the Lahaul and Spiti district, also expressed solidarity with the Buddhist community protesting against what they called a “malicious propaganda” against the Dalai Lama.

  • Dalai Lama: Dalai Lama apologizes for video going viral on social media, issued official statement

    Dalai Lama: Dalai Lama apologizes for video going viral on social media, issued official statement

    Dalai Lama News: An alleged video of Dalai Lama, the 14th spiritual leader of Tibet, is becoming quite viral on social media. An official statement has now been issued by the Dalai Lama regarding this.

    ‘Dalai Lama meets people in a funny way’
    According to the statement, the Dalai Lama has apologized to the child and his family. The Dalai Lama has apologized for his words. “The Dalai Lama, who meets people in public and in front of the cameras with the utmost innocence and playfulness, expresses his regret for the incident,” the statement said.

    Allegedly, this video is becoming increasingly viral on social media. Many people are criticizing the behavior of the Dalai Lama regarding this. The Nobel Peace Prize winner has apologized in several controversial cases in the past as well. The Dalai Lama had also apologized for a controversial statement made in the year 2019.

    Last month, the Dalai Lama named an eight-year-old US-born Mongolian boy as the 10th Khalkha Jetsun Dhampa Rinpoche, the third highest rank in Tibetan Buddhism.