On a Saturday that marked two years of the BJP’s third term in Haryana, former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda stood before the public with a message that sounded less like a political speech and more like a lament. This was not a moment of celebration for him, and he made no effort to hide it. For Hooda, the completion of the government’s second year in office was not a milestone but a reminder of everything that had gone wrong. His voice carried the weight of twelve long years, and he spoke with the quiet authority…

The Scottish Greens have made a quiet but significant decision: after years of using X as a digital megaphone to speak to voters, journalists and supporters, they have walked away. The party posted its final update on the platform on Thursday afternoon, not with a dramatic manifesto but with a short, weary announcement. “Following a vote by our party council, the Scottish Greens will no longer be posting on Twitter/X,” they wrote. “We have serious concerns about the site’s direction of travel, particularly how it has spread misinformation and hate.” That message may sound formal, but behind it lies something…