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"The Deteriorating Condition of Press Freedom:Why the Fourth Piller is Decaying"

                  "Losing The Voice of  Democracy"                            Reporters Without Borders, or Reporte rs Sans Frontiers (RSF) , released its report on " The World Press Freedom Index 2023 " on May 2nd. India was ranked 161 out of 180 countries. If you observe the progress of the Indian press, it has consistently deteriorated since 2016 when it was ranked 131. It was positioned at 150 last year just for stating that India is one of the largest democratic countries in the world, but the number of Indian press in the World Press Freedom Index is quite shameful. Since the media is considered the fourth pillar of democracy and one of the best institutions to maintain checks and balances in the political system, it is marked as the voice of the common people. So, we can definitely say that the press and media are the safeguards of democracy. We are residents o...