Today’s Articles for The Hindu Daily Digest
Editorials For Discussion
1. The reality of the changing dimensions of warfare
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GS-III-SECURITY ▶️ MODERN WARFARE
It entails much more than the use of highly sophisticated weaponry; it extends to tactics as well, which India must note.
2. Spare live animals, move to biological models
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GS-IV-ETHICS ▶️ ANIMAL ETHICS
The suffering that animals undergo in testing laboratories is known and it is time researchers adopt viable solutions.
3. Can Presidential Reference change a judgment?
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What is the issue on which President Droupadi Murmu has invoked the Supreme Court’s advisory jurisdiction? Are such advisory opinions binding? What did the April 8 ruling state? Can a Presidential Reference prompt the Supreme Court to revisit an earlier ruling?
GS-II-POLITY AND CONSTITUION ▶️ Presidential Reference (Article 143)
4. Is the plastic industry trying to influence green policies?
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GS-III-ENVIRONMENT ▶️ PLASTIC POLLUTION
How has India tried to integrate informal waste pickers into formal waste systems?
THE GIST
The plastic industry promoted recycling as a resolution from the 1980s despite privately acknowledging its economic and technical impracticality at scale.
As regulations to reduce the use of single-use plastics and rationalise the material’s use in packaging tighten across the Global North, plastic producers have been focusing on low- and middle-income countries to sustain growth.
In India, the waste management system banks on ragpickers and sorters in the informal sector to collect and process 70% of the plastic that is recycled.
5. A father and a daughter, and the political volatility of Bangladesh
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GS-II-INTERNATIONAL RELATION ▶️ BANGLADESH
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s killing in 1975 and Sheikh Hasina’s exit in 2024 have striking similarities, says a writer who has kept an eye on the country since his serendipitous reporting of the Liberation War in 1971. Did the Americans have a hand in both events? Three books examine the claims.
Short News
1. Vitamin D deficiency linked to neurodevelopmental issues
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GS-III-SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ▶️ HEALTH
Vitamin D deficiency represents more than individual concern; it constitutes biological inheritance transmitted across generations, affecting skeletal health and, as Danish research reveals, brains; findings correspond with medical practice in India, where physicians advocate early supplementation
2. Telescopes spot start of planet formation in Orion
GS-III-SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ▶️ SPACE TECHNOLOGY
The relative quantities of crystals were reminiscent of inclusions that have been found in primitive meteorites on the earth, meaning that a similar condensation is under way around the star.
3. Is today’s Artificial Intelligence boom bigger than the dotcom bubble?
GS-III-SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ▶️ ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
According to Morgan Stanley, the transformative potential of generative AI will require roughly $2.9 trillion of global data-centre spending through 2028, comprising $1.6 trillion on hardware like chips, servers and $1.3 trillion on infrastructure; that means investment needs of over $900 bn in 2028
4. Failing to take action against climate change could violate law: ICJ
GS-III-ENVIRONMENT ▶️ CLIMATE CHANGE