NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WAYFINDER AWARD 2026

 * Assam's Purnima Devi Burman Honoured With The National Geographic 2026 Wayfinder Award 

JANUARY TO MAY NORTH EAST CURRENT AFFAIRS 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. 

* 

* 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.

* 

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 

* 

* * 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 

* 

* 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) 

* 

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.

* 

LAID FOUNDATION - 

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

* 

* 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) 

* 

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 

* 

* 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 

* 

* * 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 

* 

* IT IS A FIRST AQUIFER FISH FROM NORTH EAST INDIA 

* 

MOU SIGNED - 

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

* 

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 

MARCH - 

INAUGURATION - 

* Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Has Inaugurated The Major Inland Waterways Project, On Brahmaputra, (NW-2) In Dibrugarh.

* Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma Has Inaugurated Kaziranga Orchid Garden In Golaghat, Assam.

* Assam Unveiled War Memorial Honouring 132 Heroes Of The Battle Of Sarai Ghat In Guwahati.

*  Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Has Laid Foundation Stone of India's First' Riverine Light House At Pandu, Bogibeel 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Virtually Inaugurated Development Project Worth Rs 4,570 Crores in Kokrajhar, Assam.

*  Union Home Minister Amit Shah Has Inaugurated The Pragiyotishpur Medical College And Hospital, In Guwahati 

* The Tripura Government Has Presented Rs 34,212.31 Crores Budget For FY 2026/27 

* Rampada Jamatia Assumed Charge As Speaker Of Tripura Legislative assembly 

 * IIT Guwahati Developed A Radiation Resistant Cement Mortar For Safer Nuclear Infrastructure 

* The Mizoram Legislative assembly Has Unanimously Passed The Seeking Of Mizo Language In Inclusion Of 8th Schedule 

* Assam Government Grants OBC STATUS To 37 Tea Garden Communities 

* Assam To Export GI Tagged Joha Rice To UK And Italy 

* Manipur Assembly Passed The Rs 67,10 Crores Budget For FY 2026/27 

*  Manipur Assembly Passed The The Appropriation Bill (2) 

* Indian Railways Has Achieved In Tunnel Number 8 (4.1 km) On The Sivok - Rangpo Railway Project in Sikkim 

*  Sikkim Legislative assembly Has Rename Pakyong Airport After Freedom Fighter Trilochan Pokhrel 

* The Elections Commission in India Has Announced Upcoming Election In States And UTS 

* ) Meghalaya Discovered A Over 22 Km Of New Cave Passage 

SCHEME - 

* Union Finance Minister Dr Nirmala Sitharaman Has Introduced The PRIDE OF HILLS, Component Under SASCI With A Substantial Outlay For The Himalayan States 

* 

*  Mariam Longri Named Femina Miss India Arunachal Pradesh 2025 

 * Meghalaya Became The 12th State To Signed Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0

* Prema Khandu, Chief Minister Of Arunachal Pradesh Has Launched The Book - Of Craft Documentation Of TRIBAL WOMEN Artisan Of Arunachal Pradesh 

BILL - 

* The Arunachal Pradesh State Legislative assembly Has Passed The Transfer And Posting Of Employees Of The Education Department Bill 2026 

FESTIVAL - 

* Assam Cabinet Has Approved The State Holiday For Mising festival Ali - Aye - Ligang 

* Meghalaya Set To Host The Inaugural International Shilong Film Festival 

RENAME - 

* The Assam Cabinet Has Decided To Rename Of Fakhruddin Ali Ahmad Medical And Hospital As Barpeta Medical College 

*  Assam Cabinet Has Named Behali Engineering College After Chabilal Upadhayay 

HOST - 

*  Imphal, Manipur To Host The 3rd North East India Film festival 2026 

* Sikkim Host The India Orchid Festival 2026 - 

Theme - Orchids For Beauty And Prosperity 

EXPORT - 

* Assam Agriculture Minister Atul Bora Flagged Off First Export Of GI Tagged Karbi Anglong Ginger To London 

HONOURED - 

* Meghalaya WRITER Babatdor Dkhar Honoured With INDIA - UK Achievers 2026 At UK Parliament.

* Assamese Film Moi Eti Nixhasor Wins Awards Of Excellence In US FILM Festival.

* Kaziranga, Assam All WOMEN Banadurga Team Wins Environment Protection Award 

* Assam's Abhijit Bhattacharya Named Global Winner Of 2025 IOC Gender Equality, Diversity And Inclusion Champion Award 

* Assamese Film Moi Eti Nixhasor Selected At World Fest - Houston Festival

* Assam IPS OFFICER Dr Partha Sarathi Samanta's Animated Film CHYIMI Wins Best Director At New York Animation Festival 

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

* Meghalaya Textile Designer IIamon Thangkhiew Named Among Global Women In Design At 2026 Heimtextil

 * Sikkimese Film SHAPE OF MOMO Wins SILVER TAIGA Award And Soul Of Russia At Spirit Of Fire International Film Festival At Russia 

* Shreya Pujari From Tejpur University Assam Has Honoured With PRAG PRERONA AWARD For Promoting Assamese Tribal Heritage And Music.

* * Nagaland Guitarist Imnainla Jamir Became India's First Female Ibanez Artist.

* Malsawmtluangi Became The First Mizo Woman In Indian Airforce 

APPOINTMENTS - 

* K G Kenye Appointed As NPF Chief Whip To The 14th Nagaland Legislative assembly .

* Dormonath Ch Sangma Became The New Chief Executive Member Of Garo hills Autonomous District 

* 

* Ishani Meitram Of Manipur Crowned Miss Northeast India Super Model 

SPORTS - 

* * MAYANK CHAKRABORTY BECAME THE FIRST NORTH EAST INDIAN (ASSAM) TOE BECAME THE 94TH GRAND MASTER OF INDIA 

NEW SPECIES - 

* * NOTED ORCHID EXPERT DR. MOHAN PRADHAN FROM SIKKIM HAS CREATED HYBRID ORCHID SPECIES - SEUJIA KAZIRANGA ..

* * RESEARCHERS FROM SIKKIM UNIVERSITY HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW ASIAN GRASS LIZARD SPECIES IN MANAS BIOSPHERE IN ASSAM.

* SPECIES NAME - TAKYDROMUS ULTAPANENSIS 

* NAMED AFTER ULTAPANI RESERVE FOREST IN KOKRAJHAR DISTRICT 

* 

* * SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED SIX NEW DAMSELFLY SPECIES IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH AND NAGALAND 

* SPECIES ARE 

* CALICNEMIA ARDENA 

* CALICNEMIA ARUNACHALA 

* CALICNEMIA FLAVOVITTATA 

* CALICNEMIA MIMUMKOA 

* CALICNEMIA NAGA 

* CALICNEMIA RUBROMACULA 

* COELICCIA MAGNA 

* INDIA HAS NOW MOST SPECIES (14) OF CALICNEMIA 

* * RESEARCHERS  FROM GUWAHATI UNIVERSITY HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES ( FLOWER) IN GRASSLAND OF MANAS NATIONAL PARK 

* SPECIES NAME - OSBECKIA ZUBEENGARGIANA 

* FAMILY BELONGS TO MELASTOMATACEAE 

* HENCKELIA MONOPHYLLA, A Rare Endemic Plant Species Has Been Spotted In Arunachal Pradesh After 189 Years.

* AGAPETES WARDII, A Rare Epiphytic Shrub, Which Found in Myanmar Has Been Discovered in Arunachal Pradesh For First Time 

* * A NEW BUTTERFLY SPECIES DISCOVERD IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

* SPECIES NAME - EUTHALIA ( LIMBUSA) ZUBEENGARGI 

* SPECIES NAMED AFTER ASSAMESE SINGER LATE ZUBEEN GARG 

* 

* SCIENTISTS FROM WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA (WWI) DEHRADUN, HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW RARE KEELBACK SNAKES 

SPECIES ARE - 

* HERPETOREAS DAVIDI ( NGENGPUI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, MIZORAM) 

* HEBIUS GILHODESI ( NAMDAPHA NATIONAL PARK, ARUNACHAL PRADESH) 

SPORTS - 

* Manipur's Ngangbam Sweety Devi Has Appointed Indian Woman's Football Team Captain At AFC 2026 

* 

AWARDS - 

* ) Noted Assamese Singer Zublee Baruah Has Won The Best Female Playback Singer At 9th Assam State Film Award 2026 

* 

* Indian Air Force Su 30 MKI Crashes In Karbi Anglong District in Assam 

* 

* Veteran Leader From Karbi Anglong Shri Biren Singh Engti Passed Away 

* Premadhar Sharma, Veteran Sports Journalist Of Assam Passed Away.

* Arunachal Pradesh 's First Female Rapper Takam Dado Renyo Passed Away.

BOOKS - 

* ANTHILL OF Bones Book Author - Krishna Barooh 

* IIT GUWAHATI Researchers Have Developed A MXene Catalyst That Enables Both Hydrogen Fuel Production And Sea Water Desalination 

*  Shri L Ningthemjao Singh Former MLA Passed Away 

APRIL - 

* Meghalaya Launched The Project ASPIRE - a Rs 1.57 Crores Digital Initiative To Boost Exam Related Issue 

* Mizoram Governor Released The Former CM Zoramthanga's Memoir - From Guerrilla Fighter To Chief Minister 

* Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma Has Introduced The Major Research Initiative Aimed At Exploring The Historical Origins Of State's Indigenous Communities, Including Khasi, Jaintia, Garo Tribes 

* The Study Will Combine DNA Analysis With Detail Examination Of Language, CULTURAL Practices, And Historical Records 

* Mizoram Signed A Historic Pact To End The HMAR Insurgency.

* Meghalaya Cabinet Has Approved The Meghalaya Official Language Ordinance 2026

* RESERVE bank Of India (RBI) Has Included The Mizoram Co -Operative Apex Bank Limited - (MCAB) In The 2nd Schedule Of The RBI Act 1934- 

* 

* Meghalaya's TEARA LANCHI  D Sangma Became First GARO To Receive CCRT Junior Scholarship In Bharatnatyam. 

*  Prime Minister Narendra Has Unveiled Various Development Project Worth Rs 4000 Crores In Sikkim. (50th Statehood Day Of SIKKIM) 

* 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Inaugurated State Of Art Indoor Cricket academics Across 6 North East States 

* Assam's Bhaskar Jyoti Sonowal Elected As President Of BRICS Entrepreneur Alliance Group PANEL 

AWARDS - 

* Donyi Polo Airport Of Arunachal Pradesh Has Wins The Best Airport Under RCS- UDAN 

*  Miss Yeshi Lhamu Has CROWNED As The Miss Grand India ARUNACHAL PRADESH 2026 

 * Sikkims Deekila Sherpa Wins Miss Multimedia Title At Femina Miss India 2026 

* Manipur's Chanchui Khyai Wins TIMES Miss Radiant Personality At Femina Miss India 2026 

* Arunachal Pradesh Mariam Longri Wins Rajanigandha Pearls Miss Goodness Ambassador 

* Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Guwahati Has Been Awarded The Prestigious Zero Waste To Landfill (ZWL) Platinum Class 1 Rating 

 * Sikkimese Filmmaker Tribeny Rai's Shape Of Momo Wins Best Fiction Award At P K Rosy Film Festival 

* Assam Scientist Shekhar Suman Bora Received The Prestigious Innovation Award In US.

* Manipur GOVERNMENT Has Announced The Plans TO Develop a Bird Sanctuary At Kharungpat In Kakching District, 

* RESERCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW ROVE BEETLE SPECIES DISCOVERED IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

* SPECIES BELONGS TO FAMILY - STAPHYLINIDAE 

*  Indian Army Launched The Sikkim 's First Border Village Community Radio Station ( Named - SIKKIM SUNDARI) 

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SNAKE SPECIES IN GARO HILLS, MEGHALAYA 

* SCIENTISTS FROM COTTON UNIVERSITY, ASSAM DON BOSCO UNIVERSITY, MIZORAM UNIVERSITY, AND ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA JOINTLY SURVEY IN THE GARO HILLS IN MEGHALAYA 

* SPECIES NAMED - CALAMARIA GAROENSIS 

* A SHORT, A NON - TAPERING TAIL ENDING IN A OBTUSE TIP, A DISTINCT BLACK STRIPE 

* A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW PLANT SPECIES IN MANIPUR 'S KAMJONG DISTRICT 

* NAMED DILLENIA NAGALIM 

* THE NAGALIM DERIVED FROM NAGA ( INDIGENOUS NAGA TRIBES COMMUNITIES) ANDE LIM MEANING LAND, 

* IT IS A SHRUB GROWING UPTO ABOUT 1.2 METER WITH BRIGHT YELLOW FLOWERS, AND DISTINCTIVE DOUBLE SERRATED LEAVES.

* THE SPECIES HAS BEEN PROVISIONALLY CLASSIFIED AS CRITICALLY ENDANGERED UNDER IUCN CRITERIA.

* RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND A NEW GECKO SPECIES IN TRIPURA

* SPECIES NAME - CYRTODACTYLUS JAYADITYAI 

* Researchers Have Recorded Antepipona Bhutanensis In Tawang District, Arunachal Pradesh 

* A 1mm Snail Have Found In Meghalaya Caves 

* Researchers From Thackeray Wildlife Foundation And The University Of Trans Disciplinary Health Sciences And Technology Have Identified A New Plant in ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

* NAMED - Stauranthera Aureoglossa 

* RESEARCHERS FROM WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA (WII) HAVE DISCOVERED A UNIQUE MUD NESTING FROG FROM NAMDAPHA TIGER RESERVES, ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

* THE SPECIES NAMED AFTER MOTIJHEEL LAKE OF NAMDAPHA TIGER RESERVES 

* SPECIES NAMED - LIMNONECTES MOTIJHEEL 

* RESEARCHERS FROM SENCKENBERG ASSAM DON BOSCO UNIVERSITY HAVE FOUND A RARE FISH SPECIES ( TINY & BLIND AND BLOOD RED FISH IN GOLPARA, ASSAM) 

* SPECIES NAMED - GITCHAK NAKANA 

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PORTAL - 

* Assam University Team Led By Dr Somnath Mukhopadhyay Has Launched The Krishi - Vikash Barak valley Application 

* Voice Enabled & Multilingual 

* Works On Low Cost Phones 

* Weather Alerts 

FESTIVAL - 

*  Arunachal Pradesh Celebrates Mopin Festival 

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* Former Manipur Minister And Tangkhul Naga Leader K Envy Mashangva Passed Away.

APPOINTMENTS - 

*  Anuradha Kakati From Dibrugarh, Assam Has Been Appointed As The Consultant At The World Economic Forum, Geneva 

* Former Assam Movement LEADER Aravinda Hazarika Passed Away 

* Former Assam Cricketer Badal Thakur Passed Away.

ARCHAROLOGY - 

* A Presumed Megalithic Burial Site Discovered In The Middle Mangmoo Under The Dentam Constituency In West Sikkim 

* Assam Scientist Atanu Nath Wins The Breakthrough Prize For India ( First From North East) 

*  Nagaland 's Kekhriesilie Rio Wins Grand Prix In France In Equestrian 

*  Sikkimese Filmmaker Tribeny Rai's Shape Of Momo Wins 3 Awards At Los Angels Film Festival 

MAY - 

* The  Directorate  Of Information And Public  Relation (DIPR) Manipur Government Has Launched The Official Fact Check Page 

* Mizoram Launched The KHUAREL, Mobile Application, a Real Time Disasters Incident Reporting And Management System 

*  Chief Justice Of India Shri Suryakant Has DECLARED Sikkim As The First Paperless State Judiciary In Country 

* Assam Based THE BATTLE OF KAMRUP Wins Best Screenplay At Dada Saheb Phalke Award 

* Assamese Film Moi Eti Nixhasor Wins Double Honours At Houston World Fest 2026 

* Nagaland SIGNED MoU With Tata Motors For Procurement Of 43 Buses To Boost Public Transport.

* Kawrthah North Village, in Mizoram Has Secures Top Ranked In Clean And Green Panchayat Category At Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Satat Vikas Purashkar 2025

*   Sikkim Recent Discovery Report Says The Butterfly Diversity Raises From 689 To 753 

* Tame Peter Tarh Bagged Mr Arunachal 2026 

*  Meghalaya Launched First Community Biochar Carbon Removal Unit In Ribhu 

* Assam University Secured A Design Patent From Government Of India For An Innovative Smart Soil Moisture Testing Device.

* Assam Exports First Legally Approved Agarwood Chips to Saudi Arabia And UAE 

* * Chandra Mohan Patowary Sworn In As The Protem Speaker Of Assam Assembly 

* Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Has Inaugurated The Assam Cricket Museum In Guwahati 

*  Nagaland State Disasters Management Has Introduced ELIONA - The Super Computer For NSDMA 

* ELIONA Is A Next Generation Supercomputing System Designed For Data Driven Disasters Risk Reductions

* Tripura Chief Minister Manik Shah Has Virtually Launched The Mukhyamantri Samipeshu Platform For Grievance Redressal 

 * Ranjeet Kumar Das Has Elected As The Speaker Of Assam Assembly 

* Manipur Police Chief Rajiv Singh Has Been Appointed As The Secretary (Security) In Cabinet Secretariat.

*  Rupa Bayor Has Wins Bronze Medal At 9th Asian Taekwondo Poomsae Championship 

* Guwahati CHIEF MINISTER Himanta Biswa Sarma Has Flagged Off A New Fly Over Named AFTER Dr Syama Prasad Mukherjee 

* Assam's Roopamani Gorh Among All ITBP WOMAN Campaign Part To Successfully Climbed Mount Everest (First Assamese WOMAN) 

* The Geological Survey Of India (GSI) Has Identified Deposits Of Critical Mineral In The Tukreswari Hills, And Sijukona Hills Of Goalpara District, Assam 

* Khasi And Garo Have Been Now Added To CBSE Language Curriculum 

* Nagaland State Biodiversity Board (NSBB) States That State Forest Cover Loss Of ABOUT 794.88 Sq km Between 2013 & 2023

* Sikkim Officially A Member Of Brahmaputra Board 

* Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai Set To Become Patna High Court Chief Justice ( She Became The First Female Chief Justice Of Patna High court)

*  Assam Government Has Introduced The Uniform Civil Code Bill 2026 

*  Manipuri Astrophysicist Ronaldo Laishram Has Discovered A 12.6 billion Years Old Galaxy Structure ( Named After Manipur's LOKTAK Lake) LOKTAK PROTOCLUSTER 

*  The Assam Assembly Passed The Uniform Civil Code Assam Bill 2026 

* Manipur's David Maisnam Wins Mister Heritage 2026 Title At Philippines.

 * Sikkim Declared Fully Literate State 

* Princee Ani, IPS Officer Set Become First Tripura Frontier IG ( First Woman 

* 2005 BATCH TRIPURA CADRE IPS OFFICER 

* SHE BEFORE SERVED AS IG OF TRIPURA POLICE 

* AND ALSO SERVED AS IG OF NATIONAL SECURITY GUARD (NSG) 

* SHE IS KNOWN FOR FRONTIER OVERSEE OF 856 KM INTERNATIONAL BORDER OF BANGLADESH 

SCHEME - 

* Meghalaya Chief Minister Shri Conrad K Sangma Has Launched The CM - LIGHT Scheme In State 

( Providing Rs 5000 Each To Over 11000 Workers)

*  Ministry Of development & Empowerment Of North East India And Sanjay Jaju Have Launched The PADMA DOREE --- 

( A Cross Regional Textile Initiative Linking North East And Madhya Pradesh ) 

( Blends Eri Silk And Chanderi Traditon To Promote a Sustainable Artesian - Centric Textile Ecosystem) 

* Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia Has Launched The Rs 189.79 Crores MIZORAM Ginger Mission 

* Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia Has Launched The MISSON SIKKIM ORGANICS In Partnership With SIKKIM Government, NABARD, APEDA, NERAMAC,  

( Launched The COFFEE OF NAGALAND) 

* Tripura Chief Minister Manik Shah Has Launched Rs 236 Crores Mission Queen Pineapple 

* Sikkim To Implement The Anand Marriage Act For Sikhs

* President Droupadi MURMU Has Flagged Off Pink Bus Service In Gangtok, Sikkim, Named Amma Didi Bahini Bus Seva For Only Women 

FIRST IN - 

Major Dr Dwipannita Kalita, Army Doctor Became The Assam's First Female Paratrooper.

LAUNCHED - 

* Assam Chief Minister HIMANTA BISWA SARMA Inaugurated India's First AI - Powered PHYGITAL - Banking Branch Of Slice Small FINANCE Bank At GS Road In Guwahati, 

ARUNACHAL KIWI MISSION - 

* Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia Has Launched The ARUNACHAL KIWI Mission In Collaboration With Ministry Of North East Development, Ministry Of Agriculture And Farming Welfare, Ministry Of Food Processing Industries, NABARD, ICAR - CITH, APEDA, NERAMAC, ( Rs 167 Crores Investment ) To Build The Global Organic Kiwi Brand 

* Arunachal Pradesh Contributed 50% Of Kiwi For India 

SPECIES - 

* SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW FIREFLY SPECIES DISCOVERED IN KHASI HILLS, MEGHALAYA 

* DIAPHANES MEGHALAYANUS 

* DIAPHANES MAWLYNNONG 

* 

* Researchers From Arunachal Pradesh Have DISCOVERD A Rare CORDYCEPS MUSHROOM In East Siang, 

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW SPECIES OF FROG IN BRAHMAPUTRA, NEAR MEGHALAYA ( KHASI & GARO HILLS) 

* INGERANA BOREALIS ( FROM LATIN WORD - NORTH) REFERRING TO IT'S DISTRIBUTION REGIONS NORTH OF BRAHMAPUTRA 

* INGERANA OCCIDENS ( LATIN WORD WEST - 

* RESEARCHERS FROM BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (BSI) HAVE FOUND A RARE PLANT IN KHASI HILLS IN MEGHALAYA. ( DISCOVERED AFTER 138 YEARS) 

* SPECIES NAME - DIDYMOCARPUS 

* WHITE FLOWER, 

* SCIENTISTS ARE CATEGORIES THIS SPECIES AS CRITICALLY ENDANGERED 

* PLANT GROWS AT ELEVATION BETWEEN 1450 - 1520 meter 

* A TEAM OF BOTANIST HAS DISCOVERD A PLANT SPECIES WITH UNIQUELY HAIRY PURPLE PETALS HIGH ALPINE GRASSLAND OF SIKKIM HIMALAYA 

* SPECIES NAME - MELANOSERIS PENDRYI 

* PLANT'S LAVENDER COLOURED PETALS KNOWN AS LIGULES.

* A RARE HIMALAYAN FLOWERING PLANT SPECIES REDISCOVERED IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH ( AFTER 120 YEARS) 

* SPECIES NAME - GEUM HIMALYAN 

* SPECIES IS IDENTIFIED IN NEAR SE LA PASS BY BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA ( BSI) 

* RESEARCHERS HAVE LISTED THIS SPECIES VULNERABLE IN INDIA 

* SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW TOAD SPECIES IN KHASI HILLS AT MEGHALAYA 

* SPECIES NAMED - DUTTAPHRYNUS DHARA ( DHARA NAMED AFTER KHASI FEMALE GARMENT) 

* COMMONLY WOVEN FROM MUGA SILK AND DRAPPED ELEGANTLY OVER BOTH SHOULDERS TO THE ANKLES 

* DHARA MEANS (IN KHASI) IS MORE TRADITIONAL ATTIRE ( DHARA OR JAINSEM) 

* 

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED THREE NEW PLANT SPECIES IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* PLANT SPECIES ARE FOUND IN TAWANG AND WEST KHAMANG DISTRICT 

* THREE NEW DECIDUOUS SPECIES - 

a) BERBERIS ORBICULARIS 

b) BERBERIS PSEUDOVIRESCENS 

c) BERBERIS TAWANGENSIS

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW MICROSNAIL SPECIES IN MEGHALAYA 'S LIMESTONE CAVE SYSTEM ( KREM PURI & ARWAH CAVES) 

SPECIES NAMED AS 

* GEORISSA MEGHALAYAENSIS 

- IT IS SMALL, ORANGISH RED SNAIL, WITH DISTINCTIVE MESH LIKE SHELL PATTERNS, 

* ACMELLA BENSONI ( NAMED IN HONOUR TO BRITISH MALACOLOGIST WILLIAM H BENSON) 

- THE SPECIES IS MINUTE, WHITE AND SEMI - TRANSPARENT, ADAPTED TO DAMP CAVE ENVIRONMENT 

 * A Rare Dragonfly Named Gynacantha Khasiaca Has Rediscovered In Arunachal Pradesh After 110 Years.

* * RESEARCHERS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) SHILLONG HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW CASCADE DWELLING FROG SPECIES IN NAGALAND.

* SPECIES NAMED - AMOLOPS KAMAL 

( IN HONOUR TO LATE DR KAMAL CHAUDHARY, HEAD OF DEPARTMENT, ZOOLOGY GUWAHATI) 

* THE AMOLOPS COMMONLY KNOWN AS CASCADE FROGS ( FAST FLOWING IN HILL STREAMS) 

* SPECIES NUMBER IN INDIA ARE 20 

* 

Credit - North East HUB NETWORK 

* RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND A NEW BURROWING SPECIES OF SNAKE FROM INDO - BURMA HOTSPOT 

* NAMED - TRACHISCHIUM LALREMSANGAI 

* SHINY, IRIDESCENT BROWN BLACK AND UNIQUE SPECKLED BELLY FOUND IN MIZORAM 

* SPECIES NAMED IN HONOUR TO WILDLIFE EXPERT PROFESSOR HMAR TLAWMTE LALREMSANGA ( MIZORAM UNIVERSITY) 

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STATE FISH - * 

* THE MEGHALAYA CABINET HAS ANNOUNCED ON 5TH MAY 2026 THAT THE CHOCOLATE MAHSEER AS STATE FISH 

* Vaccinium Piliferum, A rare And Endangered Wild Relative Of Blueberry Has Rediscovered In Arunachal Pradesh After 188 Years.

AWARDS - 

* Arunachal Pradesh K Parnaik Honours Dancer Manami Moyir Gamlin With Land Of The Rising Sun Medallion.

* Sikkim 's Madhu Mala Gurung, senior ANM Received The National Florence Nightingale Awards 2026 

*  Former Manipur MLA A S Arthur Passed Away 

* Lily Das Mallick, All India Radio First Woman From Assamese News Reader Passed Away.

* PADMASHRI AWARDEE KSHETRIMAYUM ONGBI THOURANISABI DEVI PASSED AWAY .

* SHE IS AN EMINENT CLASICAL DANCER & AUTHOR 

* BORN IN - 3RD NOVEMBER 1946 

* PASSED AWAY ON 12TH MAY 2026 

AWARDS - 

* PADMA SHRI (2003) 

* SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI AWARD 

* MANIPURI STATE KALA AKADEMI AWARD 

* NRITYA RATNA AWARD 

* ROYAL ROBE FROM GOVERNMENT OF MANIPUR 

AS AUTHOR - 

* DIVA RAS ( 2 VOLUMES 1993) 

* RAS MAKHA AMSUNG NUNGI MASHAK ( 2006) ( BASED ON MANIPURI DANCE) 

* Shri Bengia Tolum, Social reformer And Cultural Architect Of Arunachal Pradesh Passed Away 

* Assam Eco Tourism Pioneer Achintya Barua Passed Away.

* Arunachal Pradesh Sonam Zomba Retains MFN 

* NHPC Limited Has Commissioned The 250 MW At Subansiri Lower Project, Arunachal Pradesh 

* Senior Advocate Devajit Saikia Has Been Reinstated As Advocate General Of Assam.

*  India's First Satellite Tagged Ganges Softshell Turtle Has Been Released At Kaziranga, Assam 

*  The Arunachal Pradesh Literary Society Has CONFERRED The Luminous Lummer Dai Literary Award 2026 On Tony Koyu 

* IIT GUWAHATI Has Developed 4D Anti Counterfeiting Nanomaterial To Combat Fake Currency 

* ) Bamsiakilwa Village In Nagaland Has Declared The Daukeling - Hebamlo Community Conserved Area To Protect The Elusive Asiatic Golden Cat 

* Eminent Scholar Dr Hiren Gohain To Received The Swahid Kushal Konwar Award 2026