Today’s Articles for The Hindu Daily Digest
1. What is the state of inequality in India?
GS-III-Economy ▶️ Inequality
In India today, growth is accompanied by extreme concentration of incomes and wealth.
Why is calculating the actual level of income and wealth inequality in India extremely difficult? What are the methods? Does the picture of low and falling inequality as outlined by the World Bank characterise the current reality of India? Where is wealth concentrated in India?
Data on consumption spending comes from the Household Consumption Expenditure Surveys (HCES) of 2011-12 and 2022-23. These surveys may provide accurate information on low levels of expenditure, but are unable to capture extremely high incomes. Furthermore, there have been significant methodological changes between the two surveys.
2. Why is Trump taking aim at BRICS?
GS-II-International Relation ▶️BRICS
What is the grouping’s position on creating a BRICS common currency? What about India’s stance?
In March 2025, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar was more categorical in saying there is no Indian policy to replace the dollar.
3. From the margins to the centre
GS-II-International Relation ▶️BRICS
Global South The 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, which saw members navigating different relationships with both the U.S. and Russia as well as global conflicts, offered a striking reflection of both the promise and the challenges facing the idea of South-South cooperation in the world today.
The Gist
The Global South has never been monolithic. Its diversity — vastly different histories, economies and political systems — has been both a potential source of strength and a cause of internal divisions.
The BRICS grouping has emerged as a more solidified possibility, representing a formalised attempt to advance many of the Global South’s aims.
BRICS has now evolved into a substantial intergovernmental organisation comprising 35% of the global economy and almost half of the world’s population — surpassing the G7’s 30% economic share as of 2024.
4. The peopling of the Indian subcontinent
GS-I-Society ▶️ Diversity
5. Immune cells’ fat blocks brain’s ability to clean Alzheimer’s plaques.
GS-III-Science & Technology
Microglia sacrifice their protective immune function in exchange for lipid safety; this trade-off may be a key step in Alzheimer’s progression.
6. Stampede country
GS-III-Disaster Management
As the world marks Population Day and India prepares for its population count, a look at the multiple tragedies across the country that were triggered by overwhelming crowds and the lack of adequate safety and control measures.
7. How is Mizoram handling the refugee crisis?
Displaced lives: Children from Myanmar who have taken refuge in Zokhawthar, Champhai in Mizoram. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Who are the Chins? What led to the fresh inflow? What ties does the dominant Mizo community of Mizoram share with the Chins of Myanmar, the Bawms of Bangladesh, and the Kuki-Zos of Manipur? How are foreigners identified in the State?