BSY insults democracy: DKS
Walks out of the Session before floor test
Bengaluru, May 25: Former minister DK Shivakumar said that Opposition Leader and BJP State president BS Yeddyurappa has insulted the democracy by walking out of the Assembly Session before the floor test.
Speaking to reporters after the floor test by Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy at the Vidhana Soudha in the city on Friday, Shivakumar said that Yeddyurappa is blackmailing the JDS-Congress coalition government saying that he would call for Karnataka bandh if the farmers loans were not waived off. Farmers should not support the Karnataka bandh. The government has proved its majority. Now, the JDS-Congress coalition government has started officially. Leaders of both the parties would discuss on waiver off farmers loans and take a decision, he added.
Yeddyurappa might have thought that Shivakumar had become an obstacle for Operation Lotus of BJP. But because of the unity of the party, JDS-Congress government has formed in the state. Party high command would decide on the cabinet expansion, he said.
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'The Guardian' exits X, citing platform’s “Toxic Environment”
London, Nov 14: The Guardian, a prominent UK-based media outlet, has announced it will no longer post content on its X account (formerly Twitter), citing a “toxic media environment” as the reason for its exit. In a statement on its website, The Guardian said that the “benefits of being on X are now outweighed by the negatives” and indicated that its resources would be better allocated to other platforms that effectively promote its journalism.
The Guardian has raised concerns over “disturbing content” frequently promoted on X, including far-right conspiracy theories and racist rhetoric, which has intensified during the US presidential election campaign. “This is something we have been considering for a while,” the statement read, adding that the platform’s influence under Elon Musk’s ownership has “shaped political discourse” in concerning ways. The statement also mentioned that the media outlet’s presence on X “plays a diminished role in promoting our work,” urging readers to support its journalism directly on its website.
Although The Guardian will stop posting on X, it confirmed that users will still be able to share its stories on the platform. Additionally, the organization may embed posts from X in its articles, and reporters will continue to use the platform for “news-gathering purposes.”
Meanwhile, Elon Musk, widely criticized for his transformation of Twitter into X after acquiring the platform in 2022, was appointed head of a new government department by President-elect Donald Trump. Alongside politician Vivek Ramaswamy, Musk will co-lead the newly established Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). In his announcement, Trump praised Musk and Ramaswamy as “two wonderful Americans” who will work to “dismantle government bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure federal agencies” in line with his administration’s “Save America” movement.
