Paris, France — 195 countries and nearly 150 world leaders are gathering in Paris, the French capital, on Monday, for the UN climate conference known as COP21, aimed at forging a deal to limit global warming to 2C.

Brussels: - In 2009, Dennis Barbion and his wife Marijke Reynaert from Belgium started a shoe project for the Tibetan refugees in Dharamshala on their own initiative. That year they gave a new pair of shoes to 80 Tibetans. In 2010, this project was continued as an independent venture of the Belgian NGO "Tibetaanse-Vlaamse Vriendenkring" (Tibetan Flemish Circle of Friends). With the fundraising, the Belgian couple was able to give a new pair of good quality shoes to 426 Tibetan refugees!

Dharamshala: US has regretted the action by authorities of communist regime of China against Tibetan environmentalists and said this is something it continues to talk to China about. The 2006 Environmentalist of the Year, Tibetan businessman, and Chinese government detainee Karma Samdup was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment on tomb-raiding charges.