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TopicEkrem Imamoglu

Topic: Ekrem Imamoglu

Why’s Turkey erupting for Ekrem İmamoğlu? He’s the biggest threat to Erdoğan yet

İmamoğlu emerged from obscurity in 2019, defeating the candidate supported by Erdoğan's Justice and Development Party by 13,000 votes.

Ekrem Imamoglu’s mayoral win in Istanbul could give liberals a winning strategy against populists

Liberals across the world may not be able to replicate Ekrem Imamoglu's win in Turkey, but his scale of victory has some takeaways that could work elsewhere.

Blow to Turkish President Erdogan as opposition wins big in Istanbul mayoral election

Thousands of protesters in Czech Republic demand PM Andrej Babis resignation over alleged fraud and Ethiopia’s Army chief of staff killed in an attempted coup.

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Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.