RSS makes historical stride: 24-hour Nepali news service continues from today

Kathmandu, Sept 2: The Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), the State-owned news agency, is officially providing its 24-hour news service from today onward.

Minister for Communications and Information Technology Prithvi Subba Gurung is scheduled to formally launch the service today. RSS has been operating 24-hour Nepali news service on a trial basis since last August 27.

Rss, which is the source of official news and information, is providing round-the-clock news services keeping in mind the practices of delivering services by the international news agencies as well as the demands of its service seekers at home and abroad.

In this context, Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Prithvi Subba Gurung, also the spokesperson of the government, pledged to provide government support in making the 24-hour service of RSS systematic and effective.

“At present, almost all the media outlets in the world are operating day and night. In Nepal too, RSS, an important news agency of the government, has the responsibility of providing information to the people”, he said, adding it should also be more responsible for this.

The minister further said RSS as a source of news should not remain away from its obligation to cover important events that happenes any time. “The news of incidents that happened at night can be a matter of public concern.

I am confident that the night news service will increase the importance of RSS. The government has taken this as its achievement”, the communication minister added.

RSS executive chairperson Dharmendra Jha said the RSS was committed to disseminate information and news of every region, geography, religion and language-speaking people as per the principle of proportional inclusiveness keeping the spirit of the Nepal Constitution.

He further noted that the scope of news has also widened with the rapid development of technology, especially digital medium and platforms and the news and information cannot be confined in a limited scope. .

“We believe that the new service will not only benefit the general public but also widen the scope of information and news.. It will help reduce the possibility of misleading the general public due to the rapid use of social media and increasing spread of misinformation and disinformation”, Jha mentioned.

On the occasion, RSS general manager Siddharaj Rai said that they were expecting suggestions and cooperation from the media and general readers during the trial period.

He expressed commitment to make the service more efficient and effective by further refining the service based on the suggestions received from our subscribers in the coming days.

In addition to Nepali, English and international news bulletins, RSS has been diversifying its services in recent times to provide photo, audio, audio-visual, opinion and feature services taking into consideration the demands of the subscribers and users.

Rss has decided to adopt the policy of media pluralism by manufacturing and disseminating news bulletins in various (mother) languages.

Upholding the same policy, RSS has been providing news service in mother tongue through Awadhi language since last year. Preparations are being made to provide news service in Nepal language and Maithili language in the near future.