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Which way UP: India’s bellwether election
Which way UP: India’s bellwether election
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Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Feb 10, 2022
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Podcast episode
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The state-legislature poll in Uttar Pradesh is in effect a vote on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s increasingly stringent Hindu-national agenda—and will hint at his party’s chances in 2024. Oil majors are getting points for selling off their dirtiest oil-and-gas operations; we ask who is buying them. And which countries are up and which are down in our annual Democracy Index. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer
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Released:
Feb 10, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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