India ranked 136 in the World Press Freedom Index, three points down than last year.
Norway is in the apex and North Korea in the bottom of the 180 list of nations.
Released annually by Reporters Without Borders the Index ranks 180 countries according to the level of freedom available to journalists.
Till this date eight journalists have lost their lives while reporting conflicts, and 193 journalists are lodged in jails worldwide.
India has gone down from last year’s 133 rank.
The report blames the rise of Hindu nationalism for the drop in ranking.
“With Hindu nationalists trying to purge all manifestations of “anti-national” thought from the national debate, self-censorship is growing in the mainstream media.
