<p>New Delhi: India's ranking on the World Press Freedom Index improved to 151 among the 180 countries surveyed by Reporters Without Borders this year from 159 the previous year.</p>.<p>Finland, Estonia and the Netherlands take up the top three positions in the index that sought responses from more than 5,000 persons from across the world to finalise the rankings.</p>.<p>"We have surveyed 5,000 respondents across the world. It comprises a diverse set including policymakers, journalists and other stakeholders," Thibaut Bruttin, assistant director general of Reporters Without Borders, said at a press conference in Delhi.</p>.<p>The organisation does not reveal the respondents' identity, he said and insisted that it was a diverse set representing different ideologies.</p>.<p>India has nearly 900 privately-owned TV channels, half of which are dedicated to news.</p>.<p>Around 1,40,000 publications are published in more than 20 languages, including some 20,000 daily newspapers with a combined circulation of more than 390 million copies, Reporters Without Borders said.</p>.<p>The US ranks 57th on the index, slipping two positions from the previous year's ranking.</p>.<p>Even in highly-ranked countries such as Australia (29th), Canada (21st) and Czechia (10th), media concentration is a cause for concern, Reporters Without Borders said. </p>
<p>New Delhi: India's ranking on the World Press Freedom Index improved to 151 among the 180 countries surveyed by Reporters Without Borders this year from 159 the previous year.</p>.<p>Finland, Estonia and the Netherlands take up the top three positions in the index that sought responses from more than 5,000 persons from across the world to finalise the rankings.</p>.<p>"We have surveyed 5,000 respondents across the world. It comprises a diverse set including policymakers, journalists and other stakeholders," Thibaut Bruttin, assistant director general of Reporters Without Borders, said at a press conference in Delhi.</p>.<p>The organisation does not reveal the respondents' identity, he said and insisted that it was a diverse set representing different ideologies.</p>.<p>India has nearly 900 privately-owned TV channels, half of which are dedicated to news.</p>.<p>Around 1,40,000 publications are published in more than 20 languages, including some 20,000 daily newspapers with a combined circulation of more than 390 million copies, Reporters Without Borders said.</p>.<p>The US ranks 57th on the index, slipping two positions from the previous year's ranking.</p>.<p>Even in highly-ranked countries such as Australia (29th), Canada (21st) and Czechia (10th), media concentration is a cause for concern, Reporters Without Borders said. </p>