In a continuing cultural review of historical names in India, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has given its nod to rename Uttar Pradesh’s Jalalabad in Shahjahanpur district to Parashurampuri. The change, which will take effect in 2025, is intended to honour the region’s Hindu religious heritage and replace a name freighted with association with the Mughal dynasty.

The Indian Government has published The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, a radical break from the earlier IT Intermediary Rules, 2023. The Bill, which was hustled through the Lok Sabha, seeks a complete ban on every form of real money gaming, putting in perils the future for home-grown startups and foreign investment in the industry.

India’s recent announcement to recommence border trade with China from the Lipulekh Pass in Uttarakhand has once again spurred a decades-old territorial squabble with Nepal. Kathmandu did raise fierce objection to laying claim on the region by India India emphatically rejected the claim standing on the ground of history and continuity of trade from 1954.

Followed by the alleged massive harassment and detention of Bengali speaking migrant labourers elsewhere, West Bengal CM announced Shramashree scheme. The Project aims to quickly move individuals back to their home state by providing financial and community support to the individual upon return.

All this notwithstanding national initiatives such as the POSHAN Abhiyaan to reduce stunting by two percentage points annually, progress is at a notoriously lethargic pace. The latest statistics document that 37 percent of children below the age of five are stunted compared to 38.4 percent in the previous year. This highlights the existence of deep systemic flaws in dealing with child malnutrition.