JANUARY TO MAY NORTH EAST CURRENT AFFAIRS 2025

JANUARY - 

*  India's First VR Enabled Met averse For Schools To Launch In Assam By 2025 (Became The First State To Introduced).

* Assam Government Declared May 13th As Day Against Superstitions Belief

* India's FIRST Gen Beta Baby Born In Aizwal Mizoram.

* Umrangso, Dima Hasao District Has Mine Collapse Reported in Assam.

* Assam Has Been Ranked 4th On The New York Times List Of 52 Places To Visit 2025.

* Meghalaya Approved The Women Led Financial Cooperative Society For SHG.

LAUNCHED - 

*  Sikkim Government Has Launched India's First Organic Aquaculture Cluster.

FIRST IN - 

* Soreng District In Sikkim Became The FIRST Organic Fisheries Cluster In India.

APPOINTMENTS - 

*  The Assam Government Has Appointed Retired IPS OFFICER Deboraj Upadhyay As The Chairman Of Assam Public Service Commission (APSC).

ASSAM FOREST REPORT - 

* Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma Launched The Elephant Population Estimation (EPE)

* Assam Has Now 5828 Elephants 

* 5719 Elephants Were In 2017 Counts

NEW EMBLEM - 

* The Ministry Of Home Affairs (MHA) Has Granted Approval For A New State Emblem For The Government Of Tripura.

FESTIVAL - 

* Arunachal Pradesh Celebrates The Si- Donyi Festival.

* Sarok Festival Celebrates In Arunachal Pradesh.

* Manipur Celebrated The GAAN NGAI Festival.

* ) Assam Celebrated The MAGH BIHU Festival.

RARE - 

* Tripura Has Recorded Its First Ever Sighting Of The Rare Banded Royal Butterfly ( RACHANA JALINDRA INDRA) At Sepahijala Wildlife Sanctuary.

* Scientists From Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) Have Discovered A New Species Of Pangolin In Arunachal Pradesh ( NAMED ON INDIA BURMAN BORDER) 

( Named After - Manis Indoburmanica) 

INAUGURATION - 

* Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav Virtually Inaugurated The National Institute Of Electronics And Information Technology In Guwahati. 

MOU SIGNED - 

* Tripura Became The First Northern East State To Signed MoU With Digital India BHASINI DIVISION.

SPORTS - 

* Rupa Bayor From Arunachal Pradesh Became The First Indian Woman To Break into World Poomsae TOP 10 (Taekwondo).

* The Golden Jubilee Outdoor Stadium Track, Yupia Arunachal Pradesh Has Received The World Athletic Class 2 Athletic Facility Certificate.

* Hokato Hotozhe Sema, Nagaland First Paralympic Medallist To Honour With Arjuna Award.

BOOKS - 

* Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prema Khandu Released The Book RANGVEEHIN DUNIYA KE VAARIS (Author - Dorjee Lonpu)

* First Hindi Poet From Monpa Community 

* Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma Has Released The Book XAAT BIHU By Author -  Journalist Mantu Saikia 

SCHEME - 

* Assam Government Has Launched The First Phase Of GUNOSTAV 2025, a State Wide Assessment To  Evaluate The Performance Of 14 Lakh Students Across 16000 Government School in 11 Districts.

RENAME - 

* Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma Has Announced Guwahati And North Guwahati Bridge To Be Renamed As KUMAR BHASKAR VARMA SETU.

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AWARDS - 

FOR 2025 - 

* Dr. ANIMA CHAUDHARY ( SINGER) 

* Shri Mukul Rabha ( FOLK SINGER) 

FOR 2024 - 

* Smt. REBA PHUKAN ( ACTOR) - NATASURYA PHANI SARMA AWARD 2024 

* Smt. HIRA NEOG ( ACTOR) - SAHITYACHARYA ATUL CHANDRA HAZARIKA AWARD 2024 

* Sri JALESHEWAR BRAHMA ( SOCIAL WORKER) - BHIMBOR DEORI AWARD 2024 

* Shri Monbhai Thamoung From Namsai Has Received The INNOVATIVE FARMER AWARD From Assam Agricultural University.

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FEBRUARY - 

* DIBRUGARH Set To Be The 2nd Capital Of Assam.

* BODO, MANIPURI, Joins 6 Other Languages In Parliament Translation Expansion.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - 

* Researchers At IIT GUWAHATI Have Developed A Water Repellent Conductive Textiles That Convert Electricity And Sunlight Into Heat.

MOU SIGNED - 

* Tripura Government Has Signed MoU Worth Rs 3700 Crores With 87 Private Investor In Education, Healthcare, Agriculture And Technology 

* The North East Unity Festival 2025 With The Theme One Voice One Nation.

SPORTS - 

*  Meghalaya To Host The 39th Edition Of National Games 2027.

SCHEME - 

* Union Minister Jayant Singh Launched The SWAVALAMBINI, a Women Entrepreneurship Programme For North East.

* The First Ever Joint Mega Nyokum Yullo Celebration Held At Kamle District, Arunachal Pradesh.

WILDLIFE - 

*  Sikhna Jwhwlao Set To The 8th National Park In Assam.

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* Nagaland Forest Management Project (NFMP) Awarded The Prestigious SKOCH AWARD 2024 At New Delhi.

* Neiphiu Rio, Chief Minister Of Nagaland Has Been Conferred With Honorary Doctorate Degree From The Prestigious North East Christian University.

MARCH - 

MARCH - 

 STATE BUDGET - 

* Mizoram State Government Has Presented The Rs 15,198.76 Crores Budget For FY 2025/26.

* Assam Set To Launch Its Own Satellites Named ASSAMSTAT 

*  Assam Finance Minister Ajanta Neog Has Presented Rs 2.63 Lakh Crores Budget For FY 2025/26.

* Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Has Announced Rs 500 Crores Corpus For Manipur To Establish Contingency Fund. 

* Ladakh Has Decided To Celebrate 2025 As International Year Of Cooperative.

* The Union Cabinet Has Approved For A New Brown Field Ammonia Urea Complex At BVFCL, Namrup, Assam.

ASSAM BUDGET - 

* ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE - 1.55 Lakh Crores (2025/26) 

* ESTIMATED CAPITAL EXPENDITURE - 35,759.18 Crores 

* 13% GSDP Growth 

* 2000 Crores For Assam Industrial Momentum Fund 

* THE BHUTAN- BODOLAND Bay Of Bengal (B3) ECONOMIC CORRIDOR 

1143 Crores Allocated For This Corridor 

APPOINTMENTS - 

* INDRA MALLO, A Civil Servant Of Arunachal Pradesh Became The First Woman From The State To Appointed As The Additional Secretary Government of India.

* Assam Government Has Appointed The First Ever Director For The Newly Created Directorate Of Prosecution. ( MAKHAN PHUKAN) 

* Manipuri Wushu Star Naorem Roshibina Has Been Appointed As The DSP Of (SPORTS).

INAUGURATION - 

* Union Home Minister Amit Shah Inaugurated The Lachit Borpukhan Police Academy In Deragaon, Assam.

PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

* Assam's Women Empowerment Leader Dr Lakshahira Das Passed Away.

* William Koso Has passed Away ( Arunachal Pradesh Education Sport's)

RENAME - 

* Assam Cabinet Decided To Rename Electric City In Jagiroad After Ratan Tata.

SCHEME - 

* Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha Distribute Scooties To Girls Under Mukhya Mantri Kanya Aatmanirbhar Yojana.

FESTIVAL - 

*  Khonoma Marked History With The First Ever Chumerie (GARLIC) Festival On 14th March In Nagaland.

ENVIRONMENT - 

* Byrnihat, Assam- MEGHALAYA Border Town  Became The World's Most Polluted in 2025.

SPORTS - 

* Manipur's Bisheaorjit Konthujam Joins Tynemouth Cricket Club In England.

* Indian Cyclist David Beckham Made The National Record Completed The Individual Sprint Cycling in 9.671 Seconds ( Previous Was 9.877) Held at Turkey.

*  Team Arunachal Pradesh Has Won The National Award For Outstanding Performance In The 100 Days TB MUKT Bharat Abhiyan.

INAUGURATION - 

* Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla Has Inaugurated The Developed Mahsheer Hatchery And Fresh Water Ichthyology And Sustainable Aquaculture Laboratory At Department Of Zoology, Manipur.

AWARDS - 

* Arunachal Pradesh Tage Rita Takhe Honoured With Femina Achievers Award 2025.

* Nameri, Assam Bagged The India Today's Best Adventure Destination Award 

APRIL - 

SCHEME LAUNCHED - 

* ASSAM BJP Government Has Approved Launched The MUKHYAMANTRI MAHILA UDYAMITA ABHIYAN Scheme. 

( AN Entrepreneurial Scheme For Women) 

* * Assam State Government Has Launched The Credit Guarantee Fund Scheme (CGFS) 

* With Initial Corpus Of Rs 10 Crores 

* facilitate Framework (Amount Of Rs 5 Crores)

* FPOs As Enablers To Streamline Short Term Agriculture Credit Including KCC In State.

* interests Subvention Of 1% Over And Above The Subvention Available Upfront From The Central Government In KCC As Per RBI Norms.

* Cabinet Approved The Development Of GREEN Field High Speed Corridor Of 166.80 km In Meghalaya.

INAUGURATION - 

* Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Inaugurated The First Robotic Surgery Facility At Guwahati. 

* The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Took over The Security Of Mizoram Lengpui Airport.

GI TAG - 

* * Meghalaya's Ryndia And Handloom Products Secured GI Tag. 

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HOST - 

* Sikkim Host The International Youth Conclave 

AWARDS - 

* * ASSAM SAURAV 

* ASSAM GAURAV 

* ASSAM BAIBHAV 

*WILDLIFE - 

Six New Species Of SERICINAE SCARAB Beetles Have Been Discovered From North East India 

SIX NEW SPECIES ARE - 

* Maladera Champhaiensis 

* Neoserica Churachandpurensis 

* Maladera Barasingha 

* Maladera Lumlaensis 

* Serica Subansiriensis 

* Maladera Onam 

* Scientists Have Discovered a New Species Of Frog In Assam's GARBHANGA Reserve 

( NAMED AFTER - LEPTOBRACHIUM ARYATIUM) 

In Honour To Arya Vidyapeeth College, Guwahati, Assam 

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MAY - 

SPORTS - 

* Rupa Bayor from Arunachal Pradesh Has Been Recognised As The Best Female Athletes In India At The Indian Taekwondo Gala Award 2025.

FIRST IN -

* Rangachhera Village Of Tripura became States First Green Village.

* Martina Tudu Became First Santhal Girl From Assam To Get MBBS Degree.

* Assam Sales Khadi In FY 2023/24 was Rs 8.49 Crores.

* Union Minister For Fisheries Rajiv Ranjan Singh Has Laid The Foundation Stone of Tripura's First Integrated Aqua Park And Fish Festival in Agartala.

* Mizoram Officially Declared Fully 100% Literate State.

NEW SPECIES - 

* The EUTHALIA MALACCANA, A New Butterfly Species Of Subspecies - EUTHALIA ADONIA Found In Arunachal Pradesh In Leparada District - 

* After 110 Years a Lost Species Named - MORINGUA HODGARTI - (Ophichthys HODGARTI) Has Been Rediscover In Siang Valley 

* A New Species Of Cave Dwelling Fish Has Been Discovered By Research Team From Guwahati University. 

( located in Krem Mawjumbuin Cave, located in Meghalaya's EAST Khasi Hill District. 

* A Rare Lizard Species ( CALOTES ZOLAIKING) First Time Recorded In Meghalaya ( first Seen In Mizoram In 2019) 

* Arunachal Pradesh Governor KT Pattnaik Has Presented The LAND OF RISING SUN - Plaque To Dr Krishna Chowlu, ( Botanical Survey Of india BSI) For Her Outstanding Work in Discovery of Rare Orchid Species In Arunachal Pradesh.

 * A New Damselfly Species Caliphaea Sinuofurcata Has Been Discovered ( Common Name - Bearded Bronzeback) At Upper Siang Arunachal Pradesh.

* Researchers From NEIST & UPPSALA University Have Found a New Alpine Plant Species, KOENIGIA ARUNACHALENSIS, At Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh.

INAUGURATION - 

*  Union Ministry Of Parliamentary Affairs Kirren Rijju Has Unveiled The Statue Of 19th Gylalsaras Kushok Bakula Rinpochey In Leh 

* *  Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang And Sikkim Governor Om Prakash Mathur Releases The Commemorative Coin, Souverin Coin, And Stamp On The Occasions Of 50th Statehood Day Of Sikkim.

SCHEME - 

* The Assam Cabinet Has Approved a Scheme NAMED - ETI KOLI DUTI PAAT - Under This Scheme - 

(State Government Will Provide One Time Assistance Of Rs 5000 To each And Permanent And Temporary Labourers Of States Tea Garden 

* The Assam State Government Will Decided To Dedicated The Dibrugarh Airport In The Name Of Bharat Ratna Dr Bhupen Hazarika.) 

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APPOINTMENTS - 

* Anurag Dhankar Has Been Appointed As The New Director General Of Police (DGP) Of Tripura.

*  Harmeet Singh Has Been Appointed As The New DGP OF Assam.

* PRESIDENT DROUPADI MURMU Appoints Karnataka High Courts Judge Justice Kempaih Somasekhar As The Chief Justice Of Manipur High Court.

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* shape Of Momo - Nepali Language Film Directed By Tribeny Rai Sikkim, Has Among Five Asian Works Selected The Prestigious HAF Goes To Cannes 2025.

* Among The All States Assam Recorded The Highest Tree Cover Loss Between 2001 And 2024, Loosing 3,40,000 Hectares 

* Meghalaya E- Governance Human Centred Assistance (MEGHA) Wins First Prize in Harvard