India slips two ranks in World Press Freedom Index 2019

India is ranked 140th out of 180 countries across the world in the World Press Freedom Index 2019. This is a fall of two ranks from the 138th position India was ranked in 2018. Read More
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US rights report: ‘Right-wingers intimidating Indian media’

Quoting the 2018 World Press Freedom Index, the report says Hindu nationalists are trying to purge all manifestations of “anti-national” thought from the national debate, self-censorship is growing in the mainstream media and journalists are targeted. Read More
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