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The Intelligence from The Economist

Repeat performance: India’s election

The Intelligence from The Economist

The Economist

Global News, Daily News, News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2019

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Narendra Modi’s BJP appears to have won a convincing re-election victory. What will that mean for India and the region? We look back on the life of Bob Hawke, a former Australian prime minister who convinced the world that his country deserved a place in global politics. And, why Silicon Valley’s latest obsession is optimising sleepy time.

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0:46.4

Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio.

0:49.7

I'm your host Jason Palmer.

0:51.8

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

1:00.2

The former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawk was a hard-living, larger-than-life figure

1:05.2

at home.

1:06.2

But further afield, he spread his belief that Australia was no backwater, but deserved

1:11.1

a place on the world stage.

1:13.3

We look back on his life and how he made Australians believe that too.

1:18.3

And having exhausted just about every way they can optimize their days, Silicon Valley

1:23.4

types are now obsessing about the particulars of their sleep.

1:27.4

We take a look at the increasingly precision-engineered business of getting some shot eye.

1:38.2

But first...

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