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• Reporters Without Borders (RSF, short for Reporters sans frontières in French) has released its World Press Freedom Index 2024.
  • RSF is an international non-profit organization based in Paris, France.

About the Index

• The index puts together an annual index of freedom enjoyed by journalists in 180 jurisdictions. 
• The press freedom questionnaire covers five categories — political context, legal framework, economic context, sociocultural context and security. 

Highlights of the 2024 Index

• India’s score fell over the last year, from 36.62 to 31.28. 
• India’s rank improved from 161 in 2023 to 159 in 2024, but this was because other countries had slipped in their rankings. 
• Norway and Denmark topped the RSF table while Eritrea was at the bottom, with Syria just ahead of it. 
• Scores for India dropped in all but the security indicator.
• The Government of India has in the past dismissed international rankings of freedoms in India as misinformed and propaganda driven. 

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-press-freedom-score-falls-says-reporters-sans-frontieres/article68136062.ece