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Press Council Nepal stressed that journalistic code of conduct must be fully followed while publishing or broadcasting the journalistic contents.

Journalists said that the Press Council should actively make aware about the code of conduct at a time when there is an increase in the number of fake news on digital platforms.

Speaking at a program organized by the Press Council in Doleshwor, Bhaktapur on Tuesday, all the participants expressed their collective commitment to abide by the journalistic code of conduct while publishing or broadcasting the journalistic contents.

In the program organized by the Press Council Nepal and coordinated by the Federation of Nepali Journalists on challenges of journalism including YouTube and online media and questions on code of conduct in Bhaktapur, editors of various media outlets, journalists and media persons expressed their commitment to follow the code of conduct.

Council Chairman Bal Krishna Basnet said that journalists are not allowed to make mistakes in the name of publishing the news.

“Journalists are not allowed to make mistakes. Human errors should be corrected immediately. The Council has been regulating and monitoring the contents regularly,” Chairman Basnet said.

Saying that the print media should also go online in recent times, he said it is necessary to use the digital media platforms and the media must follow the code of conduct.

Emphasizing that the government should conduct a media literacy campaign across the country, Council Chairman Basnet said, “It is necessary that the state should conduct a media literacy campaign throughout the country. The state should allocate the budget for the same. The Press Council has been conducting a media literacy campaign across the country with limited budget. The state should also extend support to the campaign. The provincial and local government should also support such type of campaign”

On the occasion, Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS) Chairman Dharmendra Jha said that the Council has been regulating new media including YouTube in an organized manner. He further said that other agencies should also facilitate this work.

“Now, the media has been digitalized. It does not mean that the future of print media is at a threatened stage. The print media is still in a wait-and-a-see situation,” he said.

Also speaking in the program, Federation of Nepali Journalists Chairman Bipul Pokharel said that the print media are also being digitized.

“Now, it is necessary to think in a different way. It is necessary that the print media should also be digitized. Now, the distribution system of papers should also be made through technology,” he said.

Journalist Ujjwal Acharya said that the media outlets should find an alternative to advertisements as the source of income.

Two citizens from Mongolia have gone missing during an expedition to Sagarmatha (Mt Everest).

According to the Department of Tourism, those missing have been identified as Usukhjargal Tsedendamba, 31 and Purevsuren Lkhagvajav, 53. They both are males.

The Department was informed about the incident by its Field Office at the Everest Base Camp.

They were last seen ascending to the peak of the Summit from the Everest fourth camp at 8:45 am on May 13 by another expedition team.

The search operation for them is underway at potential locations with the help of rescue management agencies, it is said.

Their expedition was arranged by the Eight K Expeditions Pvt Ltd.

The government is to make arrangements to supply drinking water to the Kathmandu Valley through the Melamchi Drinking Water Project for 12 months.

President Ram Chandra Paudel said so while presenting the government's policies and programs on Tuesday.

He said that the water will be supplied to the areas outside the ring road and connected to Araniko Highway in Bhaktapur after the arrangements of supply of drinking water to Kathmandu Valley through Melamchi Drinking Water Project for the whole year.

The President said that the water will be collected from the water sources in Shivapuri National Park for the sustainable solution to the drinking water problem in Kathmandu Valley.

The government has announced that it will pay the salaries of the teachers working in public schools on a monthly basis.

Presenting the policies and programs of the government, President Ram Chandra Paudel said that arrangements will be made to pay the salaries of the teachers monthly.

Similarly, he said that scholarship and leadership development training will be given to enhance the capacity of the teachers.