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Modi’s economic programme focuses on infrastructure spending and protectionist policies. India is on track to become the world’s third biggest economy, but what are the risks to Modi’s model?

This episode draws on audio from the following publishers: PMO India, Property Transaction Guru, Sansad TV, and Narendra Modi YouTube.

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Modi embraces technology to solve some of India’s biggest problems: the vast informal economy, low tax revenues, and getting welfare to the needy. But is tech the answer?

This episode draws on audio from the following publishers: PMO India and Prime Video India.

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Mass hair cutting has become a ritual for feminists in South Korea. When a woman is attacked for her appearance they protest by chopping off their locks. It is a bold move in a culture obsessed with rigid ideas of beauty.

Over the past decade, Korean feminists have pushed for more protections for women, but recently this activism has faced a backlash from some men, who find support at the highest levels of the government.

Moeka Iida travels to South Korea to explore this anti-feminist wave and find out why both sides are entrenched in their views.

Music credit: Blue Dot Sessions and Epidemic Sound

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Since his election last year, President Javier Milei has enjoyed some economic and political wins in Argentina. But his toughest fight is yet to come. On Britain’s general election trail, our correspondent found voters less keen on the prospect of a Labour victory than on punishing the Conservative party at the polls (10:00). And remembering Birubala Rabha, who campaigned against witch-hunting in India (18.35).
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Republicans are expected to retake control of the Senate in January. There are big questions on the table, from the extension of Trump’s tax cuts to American foreign aid and the possible confirmation of new Supreme Court justices. Who will replace Mitch McConnell as leader? And what could a Republican Senate do?

Charlotte Howard hosts with Adam O’Neal and Idrees Kahloon. Paul Winfree of the Economic Policy Innovation Center and The Economist’s James Bennet also contribute.

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No energy source has ever increased as fast as solar photovoltaics. The technology will transform humanity’s energy consumption–even when the sun doesn’t shine. Many people associate champagne with success but wine collectors often shun it. Now global sales are fizzing (10:51). And many chief executives are early birds, not night owls. Does it really pay to be up with the larks (18:32)?
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