Krishna Pokharel
Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
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wsj.com | Tripti Lahiri |Krishna Pokharel |Austin Ramzy
DHARAMSHALA, India—For Jamyang Monlam, a 24-year-old Buddhist monk in Tibet, time was running out. He longed to meet the Dalai Lama, the 89-year-old religious leader revered by Tibetans but viewed by China’s Communist leaders as a dangerous separatist. Now, the Dalai Lama, who has lived in exile in India since China seized control of Tibet in the 1950s, was growing frailer. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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6 days ago |
livemint.com | Krishna Pokharel |Tripti Lahiri
Global Summary Four British climbers made it from London to the peak in under five days after preparations that included inhaling xenon gas. This is a Mint Premium article gifted to you. Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. KATHMANDU , NEPAL : Four men left London’s Heathrow Airport for Nepal on a May afternoon.
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6 days ago |
wsj.com | Krishna Pokharel |Tripti Lahiri
Four British climbers made it from London to the peak in under five days after preparations that included inhaling xenon gasKATHMANDU, Nepal—Four men left London’s Heathrow Airport for Nepal on a May afternoon. Within five days, they were atop Mount Everest, the 29,000-foot peak where an ascent typically takes weeks of acclimatization and bursts of climbing punctuated by rest.
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6 days ago |
flipboard.com | Krishna Pokharel |Tripti Lahiri
Remembering a Ballet Legend in Russia; a Monkey Census in Nepal : State of the World from NPRRussians remember the longtime artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, who died recently. Yuri Grigorovich held the position for the last three decades of the Soviet Union and staged productions that were wildly popular at home and projected soft power overseas. And in Nepal, people have complained …
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6 days ago |
flipboard.com | Krishna Pokharel |Tripti Lahiri
1 day agoClimbers use controversial xenon gas to climb EverestFour British climbers ascended Mount Everest in under a week, aided by a controversial new treatment called xenon gas.
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Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, writes in a new book that he intends to be reincarnated outside China and called on the Tibetan people to reject any successor chosen by Beijing https://t.co/7VgtmZCZxg
Popcorn has become a symbol of why nobody wants to do business in India. https://t.co/6RfelWQWq2 via @WSJ
The Dalai Lama, back at his home in exile after surgery in the U.S., has said he would discuss how to choose his successor. But Beijing claims final say. https://t.co/6NPitZGvlM via @WSJ