India must ensure media freedom if it wants to live up to its reputation as the world’s largest democracy alongside being a global economic powerhouse.
The independent news outlet described the action as an ‘opaque censorship’ and said it was ‘another deadly blow’ to press freedom in Jammu and Kashmir.
India’s ranking of 161 out of 180 on the World Press Freedom Index has raised eyebrows with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar calling it ‘mind games’. This isn’t the first time that the ranking has caused controversy in the country. Critics of the index question the methodology used as well as those involved in it and their biases