Amid regulatory hurdles, funding constraints and mounting obstacles, a large section of the Indian media is struggling to remain independent. These problems couldn't have hit at a worse time, right in the middle of election season.

The deteriorating state of press freedom in India has raised alarm bells and sparked widespread concerns about the fragility of democracy. Diksha Puri reports for The Probe.

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