{"id":29611,"date":"2020-04-22T17:56:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T17:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=29611"},"modified":"2020-10-07T17:57:57","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T17:57:57","slug":"india-drops-2-places-to-rank-142nd-on-global-press-freedom-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/india-drops-2-places-to-rank-142nd-on-global-press-freedom-index\/","title":{"rendered":"India Drops 2 Places to Rank 142nd on Global Press Freedom Index"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>India has dropped two places on a global press freedom index to be ranked 142nd out of 180 countries in the annual Reporters Without Borders analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key-Points<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Paris-based Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF), or Reporters Without Borders, is a non-profit organization that works to document and combat attacks on journalists around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Norway is ranked first in the Index for the fourth year running. 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