Hyderabad, May 3 -- India has ranked 159th out of 180 countries in the 2024 World Press Freedom Index, falling behind neighbouring Pakistan which ranked 152nd, posing a threat to the the world's largest democracy.

'Press freedom in crisis'

In itsanalysis, the organisation that publishes the annual index, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), mentioned that "press freedom is in crisis in 'the world's largest democracy'," referring to India under the regime of Prime Minister Narendra Modi since 2014.

RSF's analysis also mentioned that India's media has fallen into an"unofficial state of emergency" citing an example of "Reliance Industries group's managed by Mukesh Ambani that owns more than 70 media outlets that are followed by at least 800 m...