A contest to choose the next Miss Nepal has been postponed indefinitely after women assembly members from the Maoist party criticized the beauty pageant. The former rebels said they opposed a contest where women were treated as objects of entertainment. The so-called “Hidden Treasure” contest scheduled for 7 August had been called off, event organizers confirmed. “We won’t let the event take place. We don’t need such a thing in the new federal democratic republic of Nepal where women are treated as objects of entertainment,” Maoist MP Amrita Thapa was …

The Dalai Lama also known to the Tibetans as Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso - Holy Lord, Gentle Glory, Compassionate, Defender of the Faith, Ocean of Wisdom. Also referred to as His Holiness, as Yeshe Norbu, the Wish fulfilling Gem or simply Kundun - The Presence, is the recipient of the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize.
In 1950, at 16, the spiritual leader was called upon to assume full political power as Head of State and Government when Tibet was threatened by the might of China. In 1954 he went …