NORTH EAST CURRENT AFFAIRS IN SEPTEMBER 2026

* Laxuman Adhikari Wins The Sikkim's First Ever North East Zonal Shooting MEDAL 

* Arunachal Pradesh Celebrate The SOLUNG festival 

* 10th Edition Of The Captain ( Late) N Kenvuruse, Mahavir Chakra Memorial Football Tournament 2026/27 Will Be Held From 2nd To 10 November In Nagaland 

* SENIOR IAS OFFICER 1995 Batch Rajasthan Cadre Rajeev Singh Thakur Has Been Appointed As The Chief Secretary Of Manipur 

* Nagaland Deputy Chief Minister Y Patton Introduce The Revised Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority ( FNTA) Bill 2026 

* Rima Das Movie Not a Hero Among Six Indian Films Selected For Busan International Film Festival 

* MIZORAM Government Has Launched The Mizoram Green school League 

 * Saltual , Mizoram Became The ONLY District In Mizoram To Attain The Surakshit STATUS ( HIV)

* The Manipur Junior Boys Wins The Prestigious Dr B C ROY Trophy 2026/27 After Beating West Bengal 3-1 ..

* Sikkim Made Film Numahangma Directed By Filmmaker Niyara Subba Selected In 2nd Nepal Indigenous Film Festival ( NIFF) 2026, Held At London 

* Guwahati University Announced The 2026 Year Of Indigenous Literacy Initiative 

* Arunachal Pradesh Celebrate The Pham-kho -Sowai 

*  Manipur Chief Minister Khemchand Yumnam Flagged Off First Edition Of SINGJAMEI SUPER LEAGUE FOOTBALL Tournament 

*  Ponung Nagkar Crowned As Miss Lune 2026, Arunachal Pradesh 

* Manipur Chief Minister Khemchand Yumnam Has Launched The Official Website Of The Loktak Development Authority ( LDA) And Also Released The Water Bird Census 

* A Photography Exhibition Titled TIME TRAVEL TO NAGALAND 1979, Japanese Photograph Record 

* The Manipur Government Has Been Recognised As The Best Performing State Among Hilly And North East States ( Under The India Electric Mobility Index 2025) Report By NITI AYOG 

* Mizoram Set To Host The Anthurium Festival From 1st To 3rd October 2026 

*  Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma Has Launched The Third Phase Of Bana Kaih ( Hand Holding 3.0) Scheme 

* Mizoram Designer Hannah Khiangte Wins Elle Fashion Voice Of The Year 2026 

 * Mizoram State Government Has Launched The First Pluck And Play Festival In Tualte & Chawngtlai Village 

* Arunachal Pradesh Mishmi Community Celebrate The KEH -MEH-HAA 

*  Mizoram Farmer PI Mari-l Named Among  UN FAO's 100 Women Heros In Agrifood System.

* Konyak Communities Of Nagaland Celebrates The Lao - Ong - Mo Festival 

* Meghalaya Gears Of 50th Golden Jubilee Celebration Of Wangala Festival 

* Manipur Artist Sarungbam Nimai Singh Wins Lalit Kala Academy Award 

RENAME - 

* The North. Cachar Hill Autonomous Council ( NCHAC) In Assam Has Been Renamed The Dima Hasao Autonomous Council ( DHAC) 

* Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma Inaugurated The Smart ATI Application, 

* Manipur Indigenous Bunching Onion Chiru Maroi Is Officially Recognized As A Novel Variety of Phytotaxa, ( By ICAR, CAU) 

*  13th Edition Of The Ziro Festival Of Music To Host Arunachal Pradesh 

NEW SPECIES - 

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW PLANT SPECIES IN WEST KAMENG DISTRICT, ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* SPECIES NAMED - OPHIOPOGON JAPONICUS 

* SPECIES ALSO KNOWN AS DWARF LILYTURF ( OR MONDO GRASS) 

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* * FACULTY FROM GIRIJANANDA CHOWDHARY UNIVERSITY & GUWAHATI BASED BOTANIST ( BIRINA BHUYAN) HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW PLANT SPECIES ( FLOWERING) IN ASSAM.

* SPECIES NAMED - OPHIORRHIZA ASSAMENSIS 

* THIS SPECIES GROWN IN MOIST & SHADY HABITAT ( KAMRUP DISTRICT) 

* IT IS A PERENNIAL HERB SPECIES, LARGE RIBBED LEAF, SMALL WHITE FLOWER 

* FAMILY BELONGS TO - RUBIACEAE 

* THE OPHIORRHIZA GENUS IS KNOWN AS NATURAL SOURCE OF CAMPTOTHECIN ( A COMPOUND THAT IS USED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CANCER ( ALSO. CONOL CANCER) 

* THIS SPECIES UNDER DATA DEFICIENT Under IUCN 

* * SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF FISH IN HIGH ALTITUDE LAKE AT TAWANG DISTRICT, ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* SCIENTISTS FROM ICAR - CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF COLD WATER FISHERIES RESEARCH ( ICAR -CICFR) BHIMTAL RECORDED THIS SPECIES FIRST TIME 

* SPECIES NAMED - SCHIZOPYGOPSIS WADDELLII ( Regan, 1908) 

* AT A HIGH ALTITUDE OF 12,800 FEET IN TAWANG DISTRICT 

* SPECIES FAMILY BELONGS TO - CYPRINIDAE 

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* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF FOLIICOLOUS LICHEN FROM EAST KAMENG DISTRICT, ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* SPECIES NAMED - ASPIDOTHELIUM CORONATUM ( THELENELLACEAE) 

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW MONTANE TOAD SPECIES IN THE PHAWNGPUI NATIONAL PARK IN MIZORAM.

* SPECIES NAMED - INGERANA AIZWAL 

* DUTTAPHRYNUS PHAWNGPUI ( Named After Mizoram Highest Peak) 

* RESEARCHER FROM MIZORAM UNIVERSITY, ASSAM COTTON UNIVERSITY, AND THE CONSERVATION ORGANISATION HELP EARTH FOUND 

* THE FROG WAS DISCOVERED IN THE HRATDAWNG STREAM, MIZORAM UNIVERSITY CAMPUS 

* ADULT MALE SPECIES - 22-25.5 mm Length, WHILE FEMALE - 24.4-26 MM 

* THIS SPECIES HAS A DISTINCT CIRCULAR TYMPANUM, A SUPRATYMPANIC FOLD, 

* THE FROG HAS DARK BROWN TO REDDISH BROWN WITH DARKER LATERAL SURFACE 

* THE SPECIES NAMED AFTER AIZWAL ( CAPITAL CITY OF MIZORAM) 

* IN 2022 IUCN LISTED IN CONCERN CATEGORY 

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* * A NEW ELUSIVE GHOST FLOWER ( ORCHID ) SPECIES DISCOVERD IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH ( EASTERN HIMALAYA) 

* SPECIES NAMED - GASTRODIA KEYIENSIS ( In Keyi River In Keyi Panyor District) ( KEYIENSIS Named After KEYI RIVER) 

* RESEARCHERS FROM BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (BSI), PANT NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT, SIKKIM UNIVERSITY, 

* THE ORCHID SPECIES LOCALLY NAMED - ORAM OPUH ( Meaning GHOST FLOWER) 

* THE SPECIES HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS DATA DEFICIENT 

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* * SCIENTISTS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA ( ZSI) HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF PARASITIC WASP SPECIES IN ASSAM FOREST. ( ORIENTAL REGION) 

* RESEACHER RUPAM DEBNATH, KELOTH RAJMOHANA DISCOVERED THIS TINY SPECIES FROM DIBRU - SAIKHOWA NATIONAL PARK 

* SPECIES NAMED - OXYSERPHUS NARENDRANI  ( SPECIES NAMED IN HONOUR TO LATE DR T C NARENDRAN, STUDIED IN TAXONOMIC OF PARASITIC WASP IN INDIA) 

* 3.3 millimetre In LENGTH, HAS A BLACK HEAD, BROWNISH BLACK BODY, STRIKING YELLOW BODY 

* RESEARCHERS FROM BSI ASSAM HAS DISCOVERD A NEW BEGONIA SPECIES IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* SPECIES NAMED - BEGONIA NEELAMORUM 

( LOCALLY KNOWN AS - NYISHI COMMUNITY - KOBIIRHOPU BAABRAI ) 

* DISCOVERD IN KEYI PANYOR DISTRICT 

* THIS IS A SMALL PLANT, 10-20 CM IN HEIGHT, LIGHT GREEN LEAF, SESSILE, 

* THIS SPECIES NAMED AFTER NYISHI TRIBE 

* ICUN LISTED AS DATA DEFICIENT 

* THE NUMBER OF BEGONIA HAS INCREASE TO 54 IN NORTH EAST INDIA 

** A TEAM OF BOTANIST HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW PLANT SPECIES IN SHIYOMI DISTRICT IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

* SPECIES NAMED - DIDYMOCARPUS NAUTIYALII 

* FAMILY - GESNERIACEAE 

* THIS PLANT HEIGHT UPTO 8 CM, DISTINCTIVE BLUISH PURPLE FLOWER 

* LEATHERY LEAVES, FUNNEL SHAPED FLOWER 

* THE SPECIES NAMED IN HONOUR TO PROFESSOR SUNIL NAUTIYAL, Former DIRECTOR OF G B PANT NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT 

* IUCN LISTED AS DATA DEFICIENT (DD) 

* * A TEAM OF BOTANIST FROM MANIPUR UNIVERSITY, MIZORAM UNIVERSITY HAVE DISCOVERED A CULINARY HERB IN MANIPUR 

* SPECIES NAMED - TETRATAENIUM MANIPURENSE 

* SPECIES NAMED AFTER STATE MANIPUR 

* THIS SPECIES LOCALLY KNOWN AS - SINGJANG - KUMOL OR MANDHANG - NAKUPPI 

* RESEARCHERS INCLUDING SANATOMBI DEVI YUMKHAM, BIMOL KUMAR SINGH, LEICHOMBAM CLINTON SINGH, SANDHYARANI DEVI KHOMDRAM, LALDINLIANA KHIANGTE, ( FROM MIZORAM UNIVERSITY) 

* THIS SPECIES HAS LONG SLENDER, GRASS -LIKE GREEN LEAGLETS, ( HEIGHT UPTO 40CM) 

* 10-20 CENTIMETRES BEAR SMELL OBLONG OVAL FRUITS 

* IUCN LISTED IN LEAST CONCERNED ( LC) 

* The Indian PeaFowl ( Pavo Cristatus) Has Officially Recorded For The First Time At Orang National Park 

INAUGURATION - 

* Vice President C P RADHAKRISHNAN Has Visited To Assam 

* He Laid Foundation Stone of Rs 110 Crores Infrastructure Development Project At Guwahati University 

* Vice President Released The Book - Bhupen Hazarika - Hundred Years Of Wandering Songs 

SPORTS  

* Mizoram's H Lalthazuala Clinched The Cameroon International 2026 TITLE ( BADMINTON) 

8 Arunachal Pradesh Para Shuttler Biri Takar Clinched Bronze Medal At The Japan Para Badminton International 2026 In Tokyo.

* Manipuri Musician Chongtham Vikram Died 

* FORMER Assam Minister Siddeque Ahmed Passed Away 

* Pa Llewellyn R Marak, Writer, Cultural Guardian Passed Away 

*  Shri Gopiram Borgayan, Eminent Exponents Of Assam's Traditional Music And Recipient Of Sangeet Natak Academy Passed Away ( Exponents Of Sattriya) 

* RECIEVED PADMASHRI IN 2021 

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FIRST WOMAN - 

* Assam's Sanjukta Parashar Becomes The First' Woman To Head CRPF's Elite COBRA Unit 

*  The Book Issues Of National Security : Importance Of North East India ( Author - ADGP Shri Hiren Chandra Nath 

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* Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma Has Laid Foundation Stone of Adani Power Limited ( APL) 3200 MW Ultra Super Critical Thermal Power Plant At Chapar, Assam ( Rs 48,000 Crores Project )

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*  Nagaland Filmmaker Theja Rio's Movie Angh Wins Platform Prize For It's Portrayal of 1960s 

(  At the 20th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2026 ) 

* Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Has Laid Foundation Stone of The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Advanced Radar Research At Chandrapur, Assam ( Under Project NETRA) 

*  Sunita Wins The Best Manipuri Film In 72nd National Film award 

*  Assam's Padmashri Awardee Pokhila Lekthepi Selected For The BARTAMAN HOMOI Award 

* SHE IS KNOWN AS QUEEN OF MELODY 

* NIGHTIANGLE OF THE KARBI HILLS 

* SHE RECEIVED SILPI AWARD IN 2023 

* ASSAM GAURAV AWARD IN 2024 

* PADMA SHRI IN 2026 

* Centre Extends The Armed Forces ( Special Power) Act 1958, in Disturbed Area, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, From 1st October 

*  Mizoram Champion As The North East Regional Muaythai Championships 

* Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Unveiled The TAWANG Marathon New Logo 

* Asu Gyaptong Regional Stadium Rupa, West Kameng Arunachal Pradesh Gets FIFA Quality Field Certificate