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Real Madrid's Federico Valverde netted a superb late volley to secure a 1-0 home win over Athletic Bilbao on Sunday that keeps them within four points of LaLiga leaders Barcelona, Reuters reported.

Real bounced back after their midweek Champions League exit at the hands of Arsenal to move up to 69 points, six clear of third-placed Atletico Madrid, who suffered a shock 1-0 loss at Las Palmas on Saturday.

A heavily rotated Athletic side had kept the hosts at bay until Valverde scored the winner three minutes into stoppage time, pouncing on a poor clearance to fire a volley into the far top corner, according to Reuters.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance begins a four-day visit to India on Monday and will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as New Delhi rushes to avoid steep U.S. tariffs with an early trade deal and boost ties with the Trump administration, Reuters reported.

Their discussions will cover the first day of Vance's largely personal visit to the country with his family, which includes visiting the Taj Mahal and attending a wedding in the city of Jaipur, people familiar with the matter said.

Modi and Vance are expected to review progress made on the bilateral agenda outlined in Februarywhen the Indian leader met President Donald Trump in Washington. It includes "fairness" in their two-way trade and growing their defence partnership, according to Reuters.

 Russia and Ukraine accused each other of thousands of attacks that violated the one-day Easter ceasefire declared by President Vladimir Putin, with the Kremlin saying there was no order to extend the pause in frontline fighting, Reuters reported.

Washington said it would welcome an extension of the truce, and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy reiterated several times Ukraine's willingness to pause strikes for 30 days in the war.

But Putin, who sent thousands of Russian troops into Ukraine in February 2022 and who ordered on Saturday the halt in all military activity along the front line until midnight Moscow time (2100 GMT) on Sunday, did not give orders to extend it, according to Reuters.

China on Monday warned countries against striking a broader economic deal with the United States at its expense, ratcheting up its rhetoric in a spiralling trade war between the world's two biggest economies, Reuters reported.

China respects all parties resolving economic and trade differences with the United States through consultation on an equal footing, but it will firmly oppose any party striking a deal at China's expense, its Commerce Ministry said.

Beijing "will take countermeasures in a resolute and reciprocal manner" if any country sought such deals, a ministry spokesperson said, addressing a news report that the Trump administration was preparing to pressure other countries to limit trade with China in exchange for tariff exemptions from the United States, according to Reuters.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared details of a March attack on Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis in a message group that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday, Reuters reported.

The revelations of a second Signal chat raise more questions about Hegseth's use of an unclassified messaging system to share highly sensitive security details and come at a particularly delicate moment for him, with senior officials ousted from the Pentagon last week as part of an internal leak investigation.

In the second chat, Hegseth shared details of the attack similar to those revealed last month by The Atlantic magazine after its editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, was included in a separate chat on the Signal app by mistake, opens new tab, in an embarrassing incident involving all of President Donald Trump's most senior national security officials, according to Reuters.

Associate Professor Dr Dabal Bahadur Dhami has been entrusted with the responsibility of acting Vice-Chancellor of the Karnali Academy of Health Sciences. 

Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Academy KP Sharma Oli appointed Dr Dhami as the Vice-Chancellor as per the decision of April 17. 

Dr Dhami also served as the Rector of the Academy.

The position remained vacant after the term of the Vice-Chancellor Dr Mangal Rawal ended on April 3. 

A person died  and three others were injured in a car accident at Charkose forest between Dharan and Itahari, Sunsari.

The car (Ba Pra 01-030Cha 4618) was heading towards Itahari from Dharan when the incident took place, said District Police Spokesperson Deputy Superintendent of Police Yograj Khatiwada.

Bishnu Raut (40) of Itahari-1, who was seriously injured in the accident, died during the course of treatment at the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Dharan.

Others injured in the accident include driver Bibek Lama (30) of Ramdhuni Municipality-7, Sunsari, Ganga Basnet (43) of Itahari-4, and Kalyan Katwal (31) of Itahari-1.

Lama and Basnet are in normal condition but Katwal has been referred to Birat Medical College in Biratnagar for further treatment.

Meanwhile, in a separate incident in Surkhet, a pedestrian died after being hit by a police vehicle this morning.

The deceased has been identified as Kali Bahadur Budha (55) of Hima Rural Municipality-4, Jumla.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Birendra Bir Bishwakarma, Chief of the District Police Office, Surkhet said that he was hit by the vehicle  (Ka Pra 01-001 Kha 0915). 

Honey production has decreased by 1,070 tons in 2081 BS compared to the previous year. 

A total of 4,945 tons of honey were produced in 2080 BS whereas the production has decreased to 3,875 tons in 2081.

President of the Nepal Beekeepers Federation,  Subash Chandra Ghimire, said the decline in honey production this year is due to the lack of sale of honey the previous year, disputes over grazing areas, uncontrolled use of pesticides, increase in the price of beekeeping equipments, expensive transportation, and the sale of fake honey and adulterated honey.

However, the number of beekeepers has increased compared to the previous year. Last year, 8,100 farmers were involved in beekeeping but this number increased to 8,398 farmers in 2081. 

The number of farmers raising domesticated Serena bees has increased. The number of farmers raising this breed of bees was 6,135 last year but increased to 6,830 in 2081, he said.

Meanwhile, the number of commercial beekeepers has decreased from 1,965 to 1,568 in 2081. They have been raising mellifera bees. 

The Federation has stated that there was a stock of 197 tons of honey in 2081 BS compared to 3,143 tons in 2080 BS.