A NEW PLANT SPECIES DISCOVERED IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH

* 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 NEW BEGONIA SPECIES DISCOVERED IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH

* 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 NEW GHOST FLOWER ORCHID SPECIES DISCOVERD IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH

* 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 

* 

A NEW SPECIES OF LICHEN IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH

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

* SPECIES NAMED - ASPIDOTHELIUM CORONATUM ( THELENELLACEAE) 

A NEW FISH SPECIES DISCOVERD IN TAWANG DISTRICT, ARUNACHAL PRADESH

* 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 

* 

A NEW PLANT SPECIES DISCOVERED IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH

* 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) 

* 

A NEW PLANT SPECIES DISCOVERED IN ARUNACHAL

* RESEARCHERS FROM CSIR - INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY ( IHBT) HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW PLANT SPECIES IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* SPECIES NAMED - DORONICUM SANCTUM 

* SUNFLOWER FAMILY 

* THIS SPECIES DISCOVERD AT THE 4086 meter Above SEA LEVEL IN TAWANG DISTRICT 

* SANCTUM IS A LATIN WORD MEANS - HOLY OR SACRED 

* 

A RARE HIMALAYAN BEE DISCOVERED IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH

* RESEARCHERS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA ( ZSI) HAVE DISCOVERED A RARE HIMALAYAN BEE SPECIES IN TAWANG, ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* SPECIES NAMED - COLLETES BHUTANICUS 

101 RAMSAR SITES IN INDIA ( WETLAND UPDATED TILL 4TH AUGUST 2026)

   * 2nd February Is For World Wetland day. 

Theme For 2026 is - WETLANDS AND TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE: CELEBRATING CULTURAL HERITAGE 

1) Ashtamudi Wetland - Kerala 

2) Beas Conservation Reserve - Punjab 

3) Bhitarkanika Mangroves - Odisha 

4) Bhoj Wetlands - Madhya Pradesh 

5) Chandra Taal - Himachal Pradesh 

6) Chilika Lake - Odisha (1981)

7) Deepor Beel - Assam 

8) East Kolkata Westland - West Bengal 

9) Harike Wetland - Punjab 

10) Hokera Wetland - Jammu & Kashmir 

11) Kanjli Wetland - Punjab

12) Keoladeo National Park - Rajasthan (1981)

13) Keshopur-Miani Community Reserve - Punjab 

14) Kolleru Lake - Andhra Pradesh 

15) Loktak Lake - Manipur 

16) Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary - Gujarat 

\17) Nandur Madhmeshwar - Maharashtra

18) Nangal Wildlife Sanctuary - Punjab 

19) Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary - Uttar Pradesh 

20) Parvati Agra Bird Sanctuary - Uttar Pradesh 

21) Point Calimere Wildlife And Bird Sanctuary - Tamilnadu 

22) Pong Dam Lake - Himachal Pradesh 

23) Renuka Lake - Himachal Pradesh 

24) Ropar Wetland - Punjab 

25) Rudra Sagar Lake - Tripura 

26) Saman Bird Sanctuary - Uttar Pradesh 

27) Samaspur Bird Sanctuary - Uttar Pradesh

28) Sāmbhar Lake - Rajasthan

29) Sandi Bird Sanctuary - Uttar Pradesh 

30) Sarsai Nawar Jheel - Uttar Pradesh

31) Sasthamkotta Lake - Kerala 

32) Surinsar-Mansar Lakes - Jammu & Kashmir 

33) Tsomoriri - Jammu & Kashmir 

34) Upper Ganga River - Uttar Pradesh 

35) Vembanad Kol Wetland - Kerala 

36) Wular Lake - Jammu & Kashmir 

\37) Sunderban Wetland - West Bengal (2020)

38) Asan Barrage (Asan Conservation Reserve) - Uttarakhand (2020)

39) Kanwar Taal Or Kabartaal Lake (Kabartal Wetland) - Bihar (2020)

40) Sur Sarovar Lake - Uttar Pradesh (2020)

41) Lonar Lake - Maharashtra (2020)

42) Tso Kar Wetland - Ladakh (2020)

43) Sultanpur National Park - Gurugram, Haryana (2021)

44) Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary - Jhajjar, Haryana (2021)

45) Thol Lake Wildlife Sanctuary - Gujarat (2021) 

46) Wadhwana Wetland - Gujarat (Vadodara) (2021)

47) Haiderpur Wetland - Uttar Pradesh (2021)

48) Khijadia Wildlife Sanctuary - Gujarat (2022)

49) Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary - Uttar Pradesh (2022) 

(50) Karikili Bird Sanctuary, Mangalam  (Tamilnadu) 2022 (26th July) 

(51) Pallikarnai Marsh Reserve Forest (Tamilnadu) 2022 

(52) Pichavaram Mangroves (Tamil Nadu) 2022 

(53) Pala Wetland (Mizoram) 2022 

(54) Sakhya Sagar Lake (Madhya Pradesh ) 2022 

(55)  Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary, Tamilnadu (3RD AUGUST 2022) ADDED 

(56)  Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary, Karnataka 

(57)  Nanda Lake, Goa 

(58)  Satkosia Gorge, Odisha 

(59) Gulf Of Mannar Biosphere Reserve, Tamilnadu 

(60)  Vembanur Wetland Complex, Tamilnadu 

(61)  Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu 

(62)  Vellode Bird Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu 

(63)  Udayamarthandapuram Bird Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu 

(64)  Sirpur Wetland, Madhya Pradesh 

65) Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary (Maharashtra) (12th August 2022) 

66) Chitrangudi Bird Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu 

67) Vaduvur Bird Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu 

68) Kanjirankulam Bird Sanctuary,  Tamil Nadu 

69) Suchindram Theroor Wetland Complex,  Tamil Nadu 

70) Ansupa Lake, Odisha 

71) Hirakud Reservoir, Sambalpur. Odisha 

72) Tampara Lake, Bhadrak Odisha 

73) Yashwant Sagar, Madhya Pradesh 

74) Shallbugh Wetland Conservation Reserve Jammu & Kashmir 

75) Hygam Wetland Conservation Reserve Jammu & Kashmir 

76) Magadi Kere Conservation Reserves (Karnataka) ( ON 2nd February 2024) 

77)  Ankasamudra Bird Conservation Reserves ) Karnataka) 

78) Aghanashini Estuary (Karnataka) 

79)  Karaivetti Bird Sanctuary (Tamilnadu) 

80)  Longwood Shola Reserves Forest ( Tamilnadu) 

81) Nagi Bird Sanctuary, Bihar ( 6TH JUNE 2024) 

82) Nakti Bird Sanctuary, Bihar 

83) Nanjarayan Bird Sanctuary (Tamilnadu) 2024/8/14TH 

84) Kazhuveli Bird Sanctuary (Tamilnadu)

85) Tawa Reservoir ( Madhya Pradesh)

86) SAKKARAKOTTAI BIRD SANCTUARY ( TAMILNADU) (2025 FEB) 

87) THERTHANGAL BIRD SANCTARY ( TAMILNADU) 

88)  KHECHEOPALRI WETLAND ( SIKKIM) 

89)  UDHWA LAKE, (JHARKHAND) 

* Khichan, In Phalodi Rajasthan ( 5TH JUNE 2025 ENVIRONMENT DAY) 

* Menar, Udaipur Rajasthan 

 * GOKUL JALASHAYA (BUXAR DISTRICT) BIHAR ( 448 HECTARES) ( 26/09/2025) 

* UDAIPUR JHEEL ( WEST CHAMPARAN DISTRICT) BIHAR ( 319 HECTARES) 

* 

 * GOGABEEL LAKE BECAME THE 94TH RAMSAR SITES OF INDIA. ( DECLARED ON 31ST OCTOBER 2025) (BIHAR) 

* SILISERH LAKE IN ALWAR, RAJASTHAN ( UPDATE ON 12TH DEC 2025) 

* KOPRA JALASHYA IN CHHATTISGARH 

* * PATNA BIRD SANCTURY IN ETAH, UTTAR PRADESH (30/1/2026)

* CHHARI - DHAND IN KUTCH, GUJARAT 

* * SHEKHA JHEEL BIRD SANCTUARY ANNOUNCED AS THE 99TH WETLAND OF INDIA ( RAMSAR SITES) (ON 22ND APRIL 2026) 

* IT IS LOCATED IN UTTAR PRADESH STATE, 

* 11TH RAMSAR SITES IN UTTAR PRADESH STATE. 

* * MINISTRY OF FOREST AND ENVIRONMENT HAS ANNOUNCED THAT JAI PRAKASH NARAYAN BIRD SANCTUARY ( SURHA TAL) IN UTTAR PRADESH AS 100TH RAMSAR SITES IN INDIA. ( 5TH JUNE 2026) 

* 

* GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ADDED GLAW LAKE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH AS RAMSAR SITE.

* THIS IS THE FIRST WETLAND OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

* INDIA'S 101ST RAMSAR SITE 

* NEAR BY KAMLANG TIGER RESERVES 

* 49 ORCHID SPECIES RECORDED 

ARUNACHAL PRADESH GETS IT FIRST RAMSAR SITE (101ST OF INDIA)

* GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ADDED GLAW LAKE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH AS RAMSAR SITE.

* THIS IS THE FIRST WETLAND OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

* INDIA'S 101ST RAMSAR SITE 

* NEAR BY KAMLANG TIGER RESERVES 

* 49 ORCHID SPECIES RECORDED 

A NEW FLOWERING PLANT SPECIES DISCOVERED IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH

* SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW FLOWERING PLANT SPECIES IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

* SPECIES NAMED - HENCKELIA YOBINENSIS 

* SPECIES NAMED AFTER YOBIN ( LISU) TRIBE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

* 

TWO NEW RARE BEE SPECIES DISCOVERD IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH

* RESEARCHERS FROM ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT ( ATREE) BENGALURU HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW SPECIES OF RARE BEE IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* SPECIES NAMED - 

* ELAPHROPODA TRIANGULATA ( NAMED FOR ITS TRIANGULAR MARKING ON ABDOMEN) 

* HABROPODA ADI. ( NAMED IN HONOUR TO ADI INDIGENOUS TRIBE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH) 

* GENUS ELAPHROPODA IS NOW TOTAL 13 SPECIES ( IN WORLD) 

* AND HABROPODA SPECIES NOW 55 ( WORLD WIDE) 

* 

NEW BEGONIA SPECIES DISCOVERD IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH

* BOTANIST HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW PLANT SPECIES ( BEGONIA GENUS) CHARACTERIZED WITH FOUR HORNED FRUIT AND VIBRANT ( RED - BROWN HAIRS) IN THE PAPUM RARE DISTRICT OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* SPECIES NAMED - BEGONIA QUADRICOENUALATA ( NAMED - QUATTUOR ( FOUR) LATIN, CORNU ( HORN), ALATUS ( WINGED) 

* 50 SPECIES OF BEGONIA IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH SO FAR 

* THIS SPECIES HAS UNIQUE FRUIT STRUCTURE, WHICH DENSELY COVERED IN REDDISH - BROWN WOOL, 

A NEW FLOWERING PLANT SPECIES DISCOVERED IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW FLOWERING PLANT SPECIES IN DIBANG VALLEY IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

* SPECIES NAMED - OPHIORRHIZA CHOWNAI SP. NOV. 

NORTH EAST CURRENT AFFAIRS IN MAY 2026

* 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) 

* 

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