FIRST INDIAN WOMAN SCIENTIST TO JOIN GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY PANEL

* Scientist SHALINI DHYANI Became The First Indian WOMAN To Join Global Biodiversity Panel 

BHAVYA SCHEME

BHAVYA - BHARAT AUDYOGIK VIKAS YOJANA 

* CABINET APPROVES THE BHAVYA SCHEME ON 18/03/2026 TO DEVELOP 100 PLUG AND PLAY INDUSTRIAL PARK WITH AN ALLOCATION OF RS 33,660 CRORES.

* INDUSTRIAL PARKS FROM 100 TO 1000 ACRES TO BE DEVELOP WITH SUPPORT OF UP TO RS 1 CRORES PER ACRE 

* BHAVYA TO IMPLEMENT STATES AND PRIVATE SECTORS UNDER THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT 

* SUPPORT FOR EXTERNAL INFRASTRUCTURE UPTO 25% OF PROJECT COST FOR SEAMLESS CONNECTIVITY 

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2026 A M TURING AWARD

* GILLES BRASSARD ( Computer Scientist) 

* CHARLES H BENNET ( Physicist) 

* BOTH RECEIVED THE 2025 A M TURING AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTION IN THE ESTABLISHING THE FOUNDATION OF QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TRANSFORMING SECURE COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTING 

CENSUS 2027 APPOINTS BRAND AMBASSADOR

* EMINENT SAND ARTIST SHRI SUDARSHAN PATTNAIK HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE BRAND AMBASSADOR OF CENSUS 2027 

PERU NAMED NEW PRIME MINISTER IN COUNTRY

* PERU INTERIM PRESIDENT JOSE MARIA BALCAZAR APPOINTS NEW PRIME MINISTER ( GENERAL LUIS ENRIQUE ARROYO) 

* PREVIOUS PM - DENISSE MIRALLES 

* CAPITAL OF PERU - LIMA 

* CURRENCY OF PERU - SOL 

FIRST TRANSGENDER FROM NEPAL ELECTED AS MP

LGBTQ Right Advocate Bhumika Shrestha Set To First Transgender From Nepal To Serve As MP Of Centrist Rashtriya Swatantrata Party ( RSP) 

DIRECTOR ZSI HONOURED WITH KADAMBINI GANGULY AWARDS FOR SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTION

 * Dr Dhitri Banarjee, DIRECTOR At Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) Conferred With Kadambini Ganguly Award For Scientific Contribution 

ASI ZUBIN KEMBHAVI AWARD 2026

 GROWTH - India Telescope Team Of Indian Institute Of Astrophysics (IIA) And IIT Bombay Wins ASI ZUBIN KEMBHAVI Award For 2025 

RBI AWARDED WITH INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR AWARD 2026

 * THE RESERVE BANK OF INDIA (RBI) HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR THE INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR AWARD BY CENTRAL BANKING, LONDON, UK 

JANUARY TO FEBRUARY NORTH EAST CA IN 2026

JANUARY - 

SCHEME - 

* Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Has Announced The Launch Of The BABU ASONI Scheme From February 1 2026. 

( Under This Scheme Male Students Pursuing Post Graduates Courses Will Receive a Monthly Stipend Of Rs 2000 While Those Enrolled In Undergraduate Programmes Will Get Rs 1000 Per Month) 

* Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma Has Launched The New Welfare Scheme For Udasin Bhakat Of Recognised Sattaras, 

( Providing Monthly Assistance Of Rs 1500 To 620 Bhakat)!

* Assam Records 5.1 Magnitude Earthquake.

* Assam Ranked 24 In Export Preparedness Index 2024 By Niti AYOG 

* UNION MINISTER Jyotiraditya Scindia Has Launched 2 BAMBOO Project in North East 

* ASSAM'S Artist Classical Manuscript Find Place In Rasthrapati Bhavan.

HOST - 

* Guwahati, Assam To Host The National Textile Minister's Conference on 9th January 2026 

( Theme 2026 - India's Textile: Weaving GROWTH, Heritage And Innovation) 

*  Guwahati, Assam To Host The Human Capital Working Group Meeting 2026

* Nagaland Celebrates The THUNI Festival ( Harvesting Festival)!

* Arunachal Pradesh Celebrates Si Donyi Hilo Festival. 

* 18th Bishu Mini Hornbill TRIBAL Festival Held At Nagaland 

* 7th Manipur Women's International Polo Tournament Kicked Off.

*  Union Home Minister Amit Shah Has Launched Project Worth Rs 1715 Crores in Dibrugarh, Assam.

AWARDS - 

* Eminent Meghalaya Artist Raphael Warjri Honoured With PRANAB BARUAH ARTIST Award 

* GAFF 2026 To Honour Assam's Veteran Actor Bishnu Kharghoria With Lifetime achievement Awards.

* Eminent Manipur AUTHOR Arambam Ongbi Memchoubi To Received Amar Ujala Akashdeep AWARD.

* Tripura Renewable Energy Received The SKOCH Silver AWARD 

* Keyi Panyor, Arunachal Pradesh Became The India's First Bio Happy District.

 * Sikkim Police Conferred With President Police Colour Award 

* Silchar University Assam Conferred HONORARY D.Litt Degree To IGP Partha Sarathi Mahanta.

* NAGAMI MUTHUN Gets ICAR Recognition ( Becomes Nagaland Officially Registered Indigenous Breed) 

* Assamese Film Maker Rima das's Film NOT A HERO Selected For Berlin International Film Festival.

* Late Shri Samar Hazarika And Dhanada Pathak To Receive The Shilpi Award 2026 By Assam 

* Tripura Gramin Bank Introduced India's First Solar Powered ATM Van 

* Mizoram Announced 50,000 Hectares Of Land Has Been Identified For Rubber Cultivation in State 

*  Nagaland Tableaux With Theme 2026 For Republic Day - 

( The Hornbill Festival - Celebrating Culture, Tourism And Self Reliance)

SCIENCE - 

* Researchers From IIT Guwahati Have Identified A Sustainable Methods To Remove Harmful Antibiotics Residue From Water 

- Antibiotics Such As Ciprofloxacin & Norfloxacin Which Enters To River And Water Bodies Through Pharmaceuticals And Hospital Waste Water.

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* A Team From Nagaland University Develops Eco Friendly Inhibitors From Apple Leaf Waste 

* IIT Guwahati Developed Methods To Monitor Glacial Hazards In Eastern Himalaya.

APPROVED - 

*  Government Approved Of 1720 MW Kamala HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT In Arunachal Pradesh.

* The Cabinet Has Approved The creation Of Special Tiger Guard Posts Under The Special Tiger Protection Force, In Pakke Namdapha, Arunachal Pradesh 

APPOINTMENT - 

* Professor Amarendra Kumar Das Has Been Appointed As Pro - Vice Chancellor OF Tezpur University.

* Cekrovolu Swuro ELECTED As Vice President Of Archery Association Of India.

* Commandant Tashi Namgyal, Has Became The First' Officer From Ladakh To Be Promoted To Rank Of DIG Of ITBP.

WILDLIFE - 

*  Assam Reports Zero Rhino Poaching In 2025. 

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* World Bank Approved USD 680 Million Loans For Three Projects in Assam.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Laid Foundation Stone of Rs 6957 Crores Kaziranga Elevated Corridor And Virtually Inaugurated Amrit BHARAT Express In Assam.

* Indian Bison Sighted In Manipur After A DECADE.

SPORTS - 

* Meghalaya Riiohlang Dhar Has Been Selected For FIFA Referring International List For 2026 

* Rupa Bayor, From Arunachal Pradesh Became The First Indian To Achieve World Number 6 And Asia Ranked 1 

*  Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha Felicitated Cricketer Manisankar Murasingh For Completing 100 Ranji Matches 

* Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma Has Inaugurated The LOVLINA BORGOHAIN Sports Complex In Golaghat. 

* Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prema Khandu Has Unveiled The Statue Of BOGUM LWWNV , The Statute Of Ato Bogum, At Likabali 

FESTIVAL - 

* Manipur Celebrates The Gaan Ngai Festival.

* Dong, Arunachal Pradesh Has Welcome The First Sunrise Of 2026 

* Assam Became The First State To Continue The 8th Pay COMMISION.

PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

* Shri Skylance G Momin, The First GARO MPS Officer Of Nagaland Passed Away. 

*  INDIAN Idol Winner And Actor Prasant Tamang Passed Away.

* Noted SINGER Samar Hazarika ( ASSAM) Passed Away. ( YOUNGER BROTHER OF BHUPEN HAZARIKA) 

 

* Former ASSAM MLA And Retired IAS OFFICER Bir Bhadra Hagjer Passed Away.

* Pradip Baruah, Veteran Editor Of PRANTIK, ( Assamese Literary Magazine) Passed Away.

* Assam's First Radio Jockey Fawzia Rahman Passed Away.

* NOTED VIOLINIST OF ASSAM MINOTI KHAUND PASSED AWAY ON 19th JANUARY 2026 

* SHE HAS BEEN PART OF THIS INDUSTRY FOR 50 YEARS.

* BORN IN 1940.

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AWARDS - 

- SANGEET JYOTI AWARD 

- SILPI AWARD 

-*  Former DGP Of Meghalaya W R Marbaniang Passed Away.

NEW SPECIES - 

* * CALAMARIA MIZORAMENSIS, A NEW REED SNAKE SPECIES DISCOVERD IN MIZORAM.

* IT IS BASED ON DNA 

* THIS IS THE NON - VENOMOUS REED SNAKE 

* * RESEARCHERS FROM NAGALAND UNIVERSITY HAVE FOUND A NEW PLANT SPECIES IN PHEK.

* NEW SPECIES - HOYA NAGAENSIS ( NAGAENSIS FROM NAGALAND) & NAGA COMMUNITY 

( FAMILY - APOCYNACEAE) 

* SUB FAMILY - ASCLEPIADOIDEAE 

* THE SPECIES DISCOVERD IN PHEK DISTRICT FOREST IN NAGALAND 

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* * RESEARCHERS FROM DELHI AND HARVARD UNIVERSITY HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW FROG SPECIES IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH. ( HERPETOLOGIST DR S D BIJU FROM DELHI UNIVERSITY) 

* LEPTOBRACHIUM SOMANI ( SOMAN'S SLENDER ARMED FROG) 

* LEPTOBRACHIUM MECHUKA ( MECHUKA SLENDER ARMED FROG) 

* THESE TWO SPECIES HAVE DISCOVERED IN LOWER DIBANG VALLEY AND SHI - YOMI DISTRICT 

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* Rare Ghost Orchid REDISCOVERED After 175 Years In Meghalaya.

* SIKKIM Conferred With Most Tourist Friendly State Of India AWARD At BENGAL Travel Mart 2026

* A NEW SPECIES OF GINGER HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN SIANG VALLEY OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

* SPECIES NAME - PARAKAEMPFERIA ALBA 

* Assam For The First Time To Participate In The World Economic Forum 2026 At Asian Davos.

* A NEW PLANT SPECIES HAS DISCOVERD IN EAST KAMENG DISTRICT IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH ( INDIAN HIMALAYA) 

* SPECIES NAME - STROBILANTHES RITESHII K 

* FAMILY BELONGS TO - ACANTHACEAE) 

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BOOKS - 

*  Former MINISTER R K Ranjan Launched The Book - Geopolitical Relation Of The Princely State Manipur With Neighbouring Region 

* Meitei Nganu Or Eshing Nganu - The Manipuri Duck Has Been Registered As a Distinct Indigenous Breed In Assam. (By ICAR) 

* First Magh Bihu Census Records 2026 

- 111 Bird Species In Chandubi Beel 

* Prime Minister Received A Portrait Of Bodofa Upendranath Brahma, On Assam Tour.

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LAID FOUNDATION - 

* Mizoram CM LALDHUOMA Has Laid Foundation Stone of 24 MW TURINI Hydropower Project. ( On Turini River Worth Rs 676.98 Crores) 

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* Meghalaya Government Has Inaugurated The Counter Insurgency Anti Terrorism ( CIAT) School And The Integrated Police Welfare Complex.

* Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla Has Unfurled State's First' Monumental NATIONAL Flag At Kangla Nongpok Torban In Imphal 

*  Rare White Mallard Sighted At Satajan Wetland In North Lakshmipur, Assam 

* Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio Inaugurated The States First' Drone School And Drone Center At Kohima.

*  Total Of 945 Fresh Water Turtles Belonging To 7 Species Have Been Recorded In River Brahmaputra, Assam.

*  Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sharma Has Inaugurated The Sri Sri Damodaradeva International Auditorium At Guwahati 

NOMINATE - 

* India Has Submitted The Nomination Of Dossier Of Jingkieng Jri/ Lyu Chrai Cultural Landscape MEGHALAYA To UNESCO World Heritage site.

*  ASSAM Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma Has Signed MoU with To Setting Up An Methanol PLANT With ASSAM Petro Chemical Limited And Deen Dayal Port Authority, Kandla, Gujarat.

FEBRUARY - 

HOST - 

* Reh Festival Celebrates in Arunachal Pradesh.

* Assam Government Has Declared 3 Days Holiday For Karbi Youth Festival.

* Union Home Minister Amit Shah Inaugurated The Joint Regional Official Language Conference At Agartala, Tripura.

* Kabak Yano, From Arunachal Pradesh Climbed The Mount Aconcagua, ( Highest Peak Of South America)

* Tripura Mountaineer Aritra Roy Summits Mount Aconcagua in Argentina.

* Naga Community Bans Pangolin Hunting In Nagaland 

* Assam State Government Has Increases 3% Reservation For Tea Tribes And Adivasi Communities To Grade 1 & Grade 2 Posts 

* Five Railway Station Of North East Gets Eat Right Station Certification.

* Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma Has Dedicated A New Built Stadium In Lakhimpur, After Olympics Medalist Lovlina Borgohain.

 * Lhakpa Tsering Crowned Mr Arunachal 2026 

FIRST IN - 

* Debolina Roy Became Tripura's State First Female Assistant Loco Pilots.

* Jugal Talukdar Became First Assamese Chairman Of American Physical Society Unit 

* Government Approved The Civil Service ( Mains) Examination Centre In Imphal 

* Cabinet Has Approved India's First Under Water Road - Cum Rail Tunnel Under Brahmaputra - in Assam 

* The First Official Border Pillar Between ARUNACHAL PRADESH And Assam Successfully Constructed At Seijosa, in Pakke Kessang District, 

RENAME - 

* Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang Announced That State's First' Government Medical College Named After FREEDOM FIGHTER Savitri Devi.

ASSAM BUDGET - 

*  The Assam State Government Has Presented Rs 62,294.78 Crores For FY 2026/27 

UNVEILED - 

* Himanta Biswa Sharma, CM Of Assam Has Unveiled The Statue Of SWARGADEO CHAOLUNG SIU - KA-PHA In Notboma, Guwahati 

*  GMCH Unveiled The Made In Assam Robotics Surgery Equipment.

* Tibetan Spiritual Leader Dalai Lama Wins The Grammy Award For Music Audio Book 

* Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav Has Flagged Off Sairang - Silchar Pasenger Train In Mizoram.

* Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma Has Inaugurated The Majuli - Jorhat Bridge.

* Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Launched The RAKTA Organic Red Rice From Tawang 

* Mizoram Chief Minister LALDHUOMA Has Inaugurated The FAITH Bridge Over Tiwang River In Aizawl.

PM MODI VISITED RO ASSA M - 

* PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI VISITED TO ASSAM, GUWAHATI ON 14TH FEBRUARY 2026

* PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI HAS INAUGURATED THE NATIONAL DATA CENTRE (NDC) IN GUWAHATI.

* PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI FLAGGED OFF 225 E- BUSES SEVA SCHEME ACROSS FOUR CITIES.

* PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI INAUGURATED THE NORTH EAST FIRST EVER EMERGENCY LANDING FACILITY ( ELF) AT MORAN, DIBRUGARH 

* PK NARENDRA MODI INAUGURATED THE TEMPORARY CAMPUS OF IIM GUWAHATI 

* PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI INAUGURATED THE KUMAR BHASKAR SETU ACROSS RIVER BRAHMAPUTRA ( Connecting GUWAHATI TO NORTH GUWAHATI) ( WITH THE SPENDING OF 3,030 CRORES) 

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NEW CHIEF MINISTER - 

* SHRI YUMNAM KHEMCHAND TAKES OATH AS THE NEW CHIEF MINISTER OF MANIPUR.

* Mr Losii Dikho Has Sworn In As Deputy CM Of Manipur.

BANKING - 

* Tripura Gramin Bank Launched The First Ever Co- Branded Rupay Credit Card With Punjab National Bank.

MOU - 

* IIT Guwahati And Skyroot Aerospace Have Signed A MoU To Promote Advanced Space Technology.

AWARDS - 

* Miss Rupa Bayor Honoured As The Best Taekwondo Poomsae Player Of The Year At 2026 india Taekwondo Gala Awards.

* Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma Has CONFERRED With CBCI National Award 2026.

* Mizoram Health And Social Welfare Minister Lalrinpuii Has Received The Woman Icon Award 2026 

* Tania Yarang Crowned As Mrs Grand Subansiri 2026 

* Nagaland University Honoured Five Scientists With Lifetime achievement Awards.

* * MANIPURI FILM BOONG HAS GETS AWARD AT 79TH BAFTA AWARDS 2026 

* IN THE CHILDREN CATEGORY FILM GOT AWARD 

* DIRECTED BY - LAKSHMIPRIYA DEVI 

* IT WAS PREMIER AT 2024 TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL 

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* Assamese Film NOT A HERO Directed By Rima Das Wins Crystal Bear - Special Mention At Berlin International Film Festival.

* MISS NORTH EAST 2026 - 

* ASSAMESE 21 YEARS OLD SHAKSHI VISHWAKARMA CROWNED AS MISS NORTH EAST 2026 

PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

*  NOTABLE Music Director Jeeten Kumar Naorem Passed Away.

* Presidential Award Winning Textile ARTIST Opila Rabha Passed Away At The Age Of 62.

* Former Bodo Sahitya Sabha President And Eminent Literature Taren Baro Passed Away.

* Lok Sabha MP From Shillong Dr Ricky AJ Syngkon Passed Away.

*  MLA OF Manipur , Vungzagin Valte Passed Away.

* Veteran Journalist Dhirendra Nath Chakroborty From Assam Passed Away 

SPORTS - 

* 7 Years Old Kiuchenghan Phukon, Became The World's Youngest Swimmer To Complete The Open Sea Swim From Elephanta Island To Gateway Of India 

* Arshiya Das  ( Tripura) Became The First Woman From North East International Master In Chess.

NEW SPECIES - 

* * RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPINY SPECIES OF ANT IN GARBHANGA RESERVE FOREST IN ASSAM 

* SPECIES NAME - POLYRHACHIS GARBHANGAENSIS 

* INDIA RECORDS 71 SPECIES OF GENUS POLYRHACHIS 

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* * RESEARCHERS FROM ASSAM UNIVERSITY, SILCHAR HAVE RECORDED THE FIRST EVER TINY JUMPING SPIDER SPECIES IN ASSAM.

* SPECIES NAME - COLYTTUS BILINEATUS 

* A NEW SPECIES OF BLIND, AQUIFER DWELING FISH DISCOVERD IN GOALPARA DISTRICT, ASSAM 

* SPECIES NAME- GITCHAK NAKANA 

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* IT IS A FIRST AQUIFER FISH FROM NORTH EAST INDIA 

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MOU SIGNED - 

*  A Historic Agreement Was Signed Between Government of India And Government Of Nagaland And ENPO Resolving Decade Long Issue In Eastern Nagaland. 

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SCIENCE - 

* Researchers At IIT Guwahati Have Developed A New SYSTEM That Can Effectively Remove 99% Arsenic From Contaminated Water At Low Cost.

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* Assamese Film Adi Shakti Wins 3 Major Awards At Global Cine Confluence 2026