The News Services Division of All India Radio disseminates news and comments to listeners in India and abroad. From 27 news bulletins in 1939-40, AIR today puts more than 651 bulletins daily around 55 hours in 91 languages/dialects in the Home, Regional and External Services. Out of these, 179 bulletins are broadcast daily from Delhi in 33 languages. The 44 Regional News Units (RNUs) putout 472 daily news bulletins in 77 languages. This includes 314 headlines bulletins mounted on FM ‘Rainbow’ and from 40 AIR Stations.