DECEMBER - JANUARY NORTH EAST CURRENT AFFAIRS 2025/26

 DECEMBER 2025 - 

HOST - 

* 12th Edition Of Manipur Sangai Festival Concluded in Imphal.

* Arunachal Pradesh To Host The First Sunrise Festival.

RENAME - 

* Mangaldoi Stadium Of Assam Has RENAME As The Raja Dharm Narayan Stadium.

ANNOUNCED - 

* Mizoram Agriculture Boards Announced GINGER CAPITAL OF INDIA ( Declared By Niti AYOG) 

 *A R RAHMAN Has Announced The Establishment Of Naga International Studio In Kohima, 

* Meghalaya CM Laid Foundation Stone of Biggest Football Stadium of India'.

*  Sikkim Legislative assembly Has Unanimously Passed A Proposal To Granting Scheduled Tribes ( ST) Status To 12 Communities.

 (Sikkim Assembly Passed The Resolution To Grant TRIBAL Status To 12 Communities.) 

Bhujel 

Gurung 

Jogi 

Kirat Khambu Rai 

Kirat Dewan (Yakha) 

Khas ( Chettri - Bahun (

Mangar 

Newar 

Sanyashi 

Sunuwar ( Mukhiya (

Thami 

Majhi 

SPORTS - 

* Manipur Defeated Columbia To Claimed 15th Manipur Polo International Title 2025.

* Smt Phangnon Konyak Appointed As The NIFT Board Of Governors.

* Arunachal Pradesh 's Rupa Bayor Has Won Bronze At World Taekwondo President Cup 

* SIKKIM Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang Officially Declared Cho La And Dok La Opens For Tourist Destinations Under Bharat Ranbhoomi Darshan Initiative.

* Assam Cabinet Appoints Women's Blind Cricket World Cup Winner Simu Das As Physical Instructor.

* Former Ranji Star Of Assam Naba Kamal Bhuyan Passed Away.

* 7 Elephants Have Been Killed After Sairang - Rajdhani Express At Assam.

* James PK Sangma Has Elected As New President Of Meghalaya Cricket Association.

*  Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Received A Memento CHAOLUNG SUKAPHA, The First Swargadeo Of The Ahom Dynasty And A Hand Woven GAMUSA 

* A Novel Chronicling The Life And Legacy Of The Swargadeo Sui -Ka- Pha Launched In Assam.

* Dr Hemen Kumar Kalita, Guwahati University Assistant PROFESOR IN Department Of Physics Became The First GU Faculty To Be COMMISIONED As Flying Officer in The Indian Air Force ( IAF)

NEW SPECIES - 

* RESEARCHERS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW SPECIES OF JUMPING SPIDER IN MEGHALAYA.

* ASEMONEA DENTIS 

* COLYTTUS NONGWAR ( NAMED AFTER NONGWAR VILLAGE IN MEGHALAYA) 

* FAMILY BELONGS TO SALTI IDAE 

* THIS IS THE HOST ONLY THIRD SPECIES UNDER THIS GENUS (ASEMONEA) 

* Indian RESERCHERS Have REDISCOVERED RANUNCULUS TRICHOPHYLLUS, a Rare Cold Water Aquatic Herb At Wetland Of Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh.

* RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND A NEW SNAKE HEAD FISH SPECIES IN THE RI - BHOI DISTRICT IN MEGHALAYA 

* SPECIES NAME - CHANNA BHOI 

* IT IS DISTINGUISHED BY IT'S UNIQUE COLOURATION ( A BLUSIH GREY BODY) 

* 8-9 BROKEN HORIZONTAL LINES 

* THE SPECIES EPITHET BHOI HONOURS THE INDIGENOUS BHOI COMMUNITY ( OF MEGHALYA HILL) 

* SCIENTISTS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA ( ZSI) HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF COLLEMBOLA COMMONLY KNOWN AS SPRINGTAILS.

* IN EASTERN HIMALAYA, SIKKIM 

* SPECIES NAMED - NEELUS SIKKIMENSIS 

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APPOINTMENT - 

* Actor Chum Darang Appointed As The Child Safety Ambassador for East Siang Project MUSKAN ( Arunachal Pradesh)

INAUGURATION - 

* Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma Has Unveiled The Rs 83 Crores JAMUNAMUKH Railway Bridge in Hojai, Assam.

* Dr Himanta Biswa Sharma, Chief Minister Of Assam Has Inaugurated The Swahid Smarak Kshetra At Paschim Boragaon, Guwahati, 

* * MEGHALYA CHIEF MINISTER CONRAD K SANGMA HAS UNVEILED SOIL LAKE AT WILLIAM NAGAR AT EAST GARO HILLS DISTRICT, IN MEGHALAYA.

* THE CAUSE OF SOIL LAKE IS TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE 

* IT PROMOTES SUSTAINABILITY AND ECOLOGICAL BALANCE 

* DEVELOPED UNDER NENGSANG RIVER VALLEY PROJECT 

* Sikkim Governor Om Prakash Mathur Inaugurated The PRERANA STHAL - Under The Battlefield Tourism Initiative At 15000 Feet ( CHO LA) 

* ON VISIT TO ASSAM, PM NARENDRA MODI (ON 20TH DECEMBER 2025) INAUGURATED THE NEW TERMINAL AT GUWAHATI AIRPORT.

( BAMBOO THEME TERMINAL) 

( BUILT AT RS 4000 CRORES, NATURE BASED AIRPORT) 

* PM NARENDRA MODI UNVEILED A SATUTE OF BHARAT RATNA GOPINATH BARDOLOI AT LGBI AIRPORT, GUWAHATI.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Bhumi Pujan To Namrup -IV Ammonia Urea Fertilizer Project. ( 10,601 Crores investment) at Dibrugarh Assam 

* Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Has Released The BHUPEN DA KA SURILA SAFAR Book Author - Azhar Alam ( Bhupen Hazarika Life Story) 

* Union Home Minister Amit Shah Has Inaugurated The World Class Jyoti Bishnu Antarjatik Kala Mandir in Assam.

* Union Home Minister Amit Shah Has Inaugurated The Srimanta Sankaradeva Abhirbhav Ksetra In Assam 

PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

* Shri P G Baruah, Owner, Editor And Managing Director Of The Assam Tribune Passed Away.

* Eminent Adi Folk Singer And Cultural Omak Komut Passed Away.

* Noted Actress And Dancer Ranjana Sharma Bordoloi Passed Away.

* Shri Biswa Bandhu Sen, Speaker Of Tripura Legislative assembly Passed Away.

* SANGAI, Manipur State Animal In News, Regarding Misnaming As Thamin.

AWARDS - 

* Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma Has Been Conferred With The 28th SIES Sri Chandra Sekar Saraswati NATIONAL Eminence Awards in Mumbai.

* Rohingya Film LOST LAND Wins The Best Film Award At Red Sea International Film Festival.

*  Assam Wins First Prize At National Energy Conservation Award 2025 ( Institution Category best Performed) 

* Gokul Mahajan, From Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh Defense Estate Officer Has Received The Prestigious Raksha Mantri Award 2025 

* Anni, Arunachal Pradesh Has Bagged Best Emerging Adventure Destination AWARD At ATOAI Convention Award.

JANUARY 2026 - 

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.