# DigiNepal

> DigiNepal (diginpl.com) is a Nepal-first community platform and super-app: verified news
> handles, community posts, long-form articles and opinion (English, Nepali,
> Hindi, Chinese, Arabic), reference pages on people, places in Nepal and books,
> Jhalak short video, and everyday tools (chat, mail, forms, docs, rides, hotels).
> DigiNepal is an independent platform.
> Every news post links its original publisher; articles show authorship
> (human-written or AI-assisted, as declared by the author) and whether cited
> sources were checked.

## Start here
- [Latest news index](https://diginpl.com/news) — browsable by category
- [Full digest for AI assistants](https://diginpl.com/llms-full.txt) — latest 250 stories with summaries and source links

## Feeds
- [RSS — latest posts](https://diginpl.com/rss.xml)
- [RSS — official updates (National Portal mirror)](https://diginpl.com/updates/rss.xml)
- [Google News sitemap — last 48 hours](https://diginpl.com/news-sitemap.xml)
- [Full sitemap](https://diginpl.com/sitemap.xml)

## Sections
- [Official updates](https://diginpl.com/updates): public notices (sarkari suchana) mirrored from the National Portal of Nepal (nepal.gov.np), each linking its original; search at https://diginpl.com/updates/search?q=
- [Verified handles](https://diginpl.com/handles): news desks for Nepal, international, tech, science, health, sports, lifestyle and more
- [People](https://diginpl.com/people): profiles of leaders and personalities (text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [Places in Nepal](https://diginpl.com/places): peaks, temples, lakes, parks and cities
- [Books](https://diginpl.com/books): Nepali literature and open-access books

## Products and tools
- [Today on DigiNepal](https://diginpl.com/): daily section on the home page: weather, “On this day”, a person, a place, a book, the most-discussed post and a top Jhalak video; new picks at 5:45 AM Nepal time
- [Jhalak](https://diginpl.com/next/jhalak): Nepali short videos, vertical clips (up to 90 s), 24-hour stories and live streams; public videos can be watched without an account
- [All features](https://diginpl.com/features): overview of every DigiNepal product (English and Nepali via `?lang=ne`)
- [Chat and calls](https://diginpl.com/features/chat): messaging, voice and video calls, browser meetings
- [Mail](https://diginpl.com/features/mail): your own @diginpl.com address, 1 GB per mailbox
- [Workspace and DigiBot](https://diginpl.com/features/workspace): expense and budget tracking in English, Nepali or romanized Nepali
- [Forms](https://diginpl.com/features/forms): bilingual form and survey builder; anyone with the link can answer; CSV/XLSX export
- [Docs](https://diginpl.com/features/office): edit docx, xlsx and pptx files in the browser
- [NepGo](https://diginpl.com/features/nepgo): rides (bike, car, EV), hourly driver hire and peer-to-peer car rental, starting in Kathmandu
- [Hotels](https://diginpl.com/features/hotels): hotels in Nepal; the Digi Verified badge marks a current inspection
- [DigiNumber](https://diginpl.com/features/diginumber): a 9-digit number starting with 5 that every account gets, shareable instead of a phone number
- [Groceries](https://diginpl.com/features/groceries): coming soon in Kathmandu
- [Weather](https://diginpl.com/weather/kathmandu): today's weather, 7-day forecast and air quality for Nepali cities (data: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0)
- [Download](https://diginpl.com/next/download): desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux; iPhone app at https://diginpl.com/dl/ios, Android app at https://diginpl.com/dl/android
- [Site search](https://diginpl.com/search?q=pokhara): features, handles, people, places, books and official updates

## Reference pages: people, places, books
- Each page (`https://diginpl.com/people/<id>`, `https://diginpl.com/places/<id>`, `https://diginpl.com/books/<id>`) opens with a one-paragraph answer,
  then a Quick facts list where every value links to its source (Wikidata statement, Open Library
  record or publisher DOI), plus sources, a last-updated date and a ready-made citation.
- Machine-readable twins: append `.json` or `.md` to any page URL (e.g. https://diginpl.com/places/kathmandu.json).
- Nepali versions: `?lang=ne` where Nepali Wikipedia has an article (declared via hreflang).
- Sitemaps: https://diginpl.com/sitemap-kb.xml
- Licence: text from Wikipedia is CC BY-SA 4.0 (credit Wikipedia and link the DigiNepal page);
  Wikidata facts are CC0.

## Content pages
- Posts and articles: https://diginpl.com/posts/<id> (schema.org DiscussionForumPosting / NewsArticle JSON-LD)
- Videos (Jhalak): https://diginpl.com/jhalak/v/<slug>-<id> with captions, chapters, a full transcript and approved Q&A
  (schema.org VideoObject + Clip + FAQPage JSON-LD). Append `.json` or `.md` for a machine-readable copy.
  Video sitemap: https://diginpl.com/sitemap-video.xml

## Usage
Please cite the page URL and, for news, the original publisher linked in each post.