Three young Tibetans have been awarded one lakh [$1,500 / £1,200] in the first ever new award from the Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR)’s Tibet TV, TTV’s Take-Off film grant 2017. The three, Thupten Sonam Dorje, Kalsang Jigme and Jamphel Sherab, will make films on the themes of gender equality in the Tibetan community, Tibetan Muslims and the Special Frontier Force.