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China has reacted angrily to an unlikely winner at the Grammys - the Dalai Lama - saying it opposes art awards being used for "anti-China political manipulation".

The Buddhist spiritual leader was recognised in the audiobook category for Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, BBC reported. 

The Dalai Lama said he accepted the award with "gratitude and humility".

The 90-year-old has lived in exile from his Tibetan homeland since 1959 and is condemned as a rebel and separatist by Beijing, according to BBC. 

Fifty-two polling stations set up for the upcoming elections to the House of Representatives in Jumla district have been categorized as highly-sensitive. 

The HoR elections are taking place on March 5.

The security body has categorized polling stations into three categories in order to make voting centers peaceful and fear-free, said Deputy Superintendent of Police at the District Police Office, Rabin Babu Regmi.  

The district has one municipality and seven rural municipalities. 

Out of 85 polling stations, 52 have been placed on a highly-sensitive list while 18 polling booths on a sensitive list and 15 on a general list, added Regmi. 

The district has a total 71,739 voters. Of them, 34,280 are women and 37,459 men.

The price of gold has increased by Rs 3, 700 per tola in the domestic market on Tuesday. 

According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers’ Association, the precious yellow metal is being traded at Rs 290, 300 per tola today. It was traded at Rs 286, 600 per tola on Monday. 

Similarly, the silver is being traded at Rs 5, 335 per tola today.

The Seattle Sounders transferred star midfielder Obed Vargas to La Liga giant Atletico Madrid on Monday, Reuters reported. 

Vargas is signing with Atletico through June 30, 2030, and ESPN reported that the Sounders will earn a club-record transfer fee for the move.

"I couldn't be happier for Obed. He's earned this opportunity through his work ethic, competitiveness and willingness to keep getting better every day," said head coach Brian Schmetzer. "We've seen him grow into a confident, impactful player who has excelled in every situation he's faced. This is a great moment for Obed and his family, and I have no doubt that he is ready to take on this challenge with Atletico Madrid."

Sunderland's record signing Habib Diarra began to pay back his fee with a leading role as the hosts easily beat struggling Burnley 3-0 on Monday to move up to eighth in the Premier League standings, Reuters reported. 

Diarra's ninth-minute shot took a deflection off Burnley defender Axel Tuanzebe and although initially credited to the midfielder, it was later changed to an own goal.

But Diarra, freshly returned from winning the Africa Cup of Nations with Senegal, made sure of his name on the scoresheet with a close-range effort in the 32nd minute, his first goal for Sunderland since his move from Strasbourg in a reported club-record 30-million-pound ($40.99 million) deal, according to Reuters. 

Tottenham Hotspur captain Cristian Romero said it was "disgraceful" that only 11 fit players were available during their 2-2 Premier League draw against Manchester City on Sunday, Reuters reported. 

Romero had to withdraw at halftime due to illness with Pape Matar Sarr coming on in his place, as the North London club overcame the two-goal deficit in the second half to salvage a point.

"Great effort from all my team-mates yesterday, they were incredible," Romero wrote in a post on Instagram on Monday, according to Reuters. 

The farmers in Sigana village in Baglung Municipality–8 have made a decent income from orange production and the production is also on the rise year on year.

Ananta Khadka, an orange farmer, sold oranges worth Rs 500,000 to traders last year but his income this year increased to Rs 750,000. 

Khadka and other farmers sold their production directly to the traders in lump sum from their gardens. 

The local people shared that the village received nearly Rs 40 million from orange sales this year, while such amount was Rs 35 million last year.

More than 100 farmers in Sigana village have earned from Rs 100,000 to Rs 700,000 from the same of orange and there are many other families making income from orange farming. 

The Ganesh Agricultural Cooperative in the village has maintained the record of the orange production and sales. 

The farmers shared that the oranges from there are sold to the cities including Pokhara, Kathmandu, Chitwan and others. 

The villagers there had switched to commercial farming of oranges nearly three decades ago and have rapidly expanded the orange cultivation area. 

Leading farmer Shiva Kumar Khadka in Sigana shared that the cooperative has been constructed to expand the areas for orange farming and the farmers are provided with the orange saplings at a subsidized rate.

This year, the production of oranges has increased due to favorable weather coupled with the absence of diseases, Chairman of Ganesh Agricultural Cooperative Ram Bahadur Khadka stated.

The stakeholders and local community have commenced their initiatives to ensure a tourism-friendly environment in the lakeside of Pokhara. 

The Pokhara Tourism Council has partnered with different agencies and local communities to create a favorable environment, ensure safety and security to the tourists and tourism-friendly situation in the Lakeside area.  

Council's Chairman Taranath Pahari shared that the Ward Police Office, Tourism Police, Metropolitan Police, ward officials, tourism related organizations have joined hands together to materialize the initiative. 

The representatives shared that any sort of unwanted activities would be curbed in the lakeside area.

Likewise, onsite monitoring of the lakeside area would be carried by the representatives of the team in the evening, Pahari said. 

Furthermore, hygiene, cleanliness, sanitation, street vendors, and activities causing disturbance to the tourists would be controlled in the lakeside area.