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Turkey celebrated their return to the World Cup on Wednesday after ending a 24-year wait, with players and fans voicing pride and cautious ambition following their playoff victory over Kosovo, Reuters reported. 

Fans took to the streets across the country late on Tuesday, waving flags from cars and gathering on main avenues as Turkey secured qualification for only the third time in their history, reviving memories of their run to the semi-finals in 2002.

Captain Hakan Calhanoglu, speaking after arriving in Istanbul with his team after their 1-0 win in Kosovo, said the immediate focus would be on progressing from the group stage.

Chelsea on April 1 reported a pre-tax loss of £262.4 million (S$450 million) during the 2024-25 season, the biggest annual loss in English soccer, surpassing the previous record loss of £194.9 million posted by Manchester City in 2010-11, Reuters reported. 

The London-based club made a loss despite their revenue rising to £490.9 million for the year ending in June 2025, as they finished fourth in the Premier League and won the Europa Conference League.

Chelsea FC Holdings had reported a profit of £128.4 million for the 2023-24 season, after they sold their women’s team to their parent company BlueCo, bringing in an overall revenue of £468.5 million.

There is a possibility of light rain and snowfall accompanied by thunder and lightning at one or two places of the mountainous region of Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki, Karnali and Sudurpaschim Provinces, and at one or two places of the hilly region of Gandaki Province today.

According to the Meteorological Forecasting Division, partly cloudy conditions will prevail over the hilly and mountainous regions while the weather will remain mainly fair over the Tarai region.

Later tonight, the weather will remain partly cloudy over Gandaki, Lumbini, Karnali and Sudurpaschim Provinces including the remaining mountainous regions, while the weather will remain mainly fair over the remaining hilly and Tarai regions. 

There is a possibility of light rain and snowfall accompanied by thunder and lightning at one or two places of the mountainous region of Gandaki Province.

Meanwhile, the Meteorological Analysis by the Division states that there is partial influence of westerly and local winds in the country at present, according to the 8 am bulletin released by the Division.

This year's Secondary Education Examination (SEE) has begun today. 

Examination Controller at National Examination Board Tuk Raj Adhikari said that this year's SEE began from 8 am at 1,966 exam centers across the country including one center in Japan.

A total of 512,421 students in Nepal and 23 students from an examination center in Japan are appearing for this year's SEE concluding on April 12. 

Of the examinees—257,613 are female, 254,807 male and seven from others category. A total of 441,566 students are sitting for regular examinations while 70,855 students for grade increment. 

Province-wise, 82,487 students from Koshi Province, 90,243 students from Madhes Province, 109,513 students from Bagmati province, 43,972 students from Gandaki Province, 91,802 students from Lumbini Province, 39,769 students from Karnali Province and 54,635 students from Sudurpaschim Province are appearing for the SEE.

The first day features exam for the Compulsory English followed by Compulsory Nepali on April 3, Compulsory Mathematics on April 5, Science on April 6, Social Study on April 7, all subjects of optional (I) on April 8 and all subjects of optional (II)  on April 9 as well as all subjects of technical stream from April 10-12.