Assam Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Thu, 01 Oct 2026

• On 1 October 2026, the start of the new sugar season, the Centre limited sugar dealers to 1,000 quintals of stock held for no more than 15 days, from 15 October to 30 November 2026 (2,000 quintals for Kolkata and Assam).

Sun, 27 Sept 2026

• In the 138th episode of Mann Ki Baat on 27 September 2026, PM Narendra Modi said the first phase of the census is nearly complete, with data of over 32 crore families recorded, and urged people to self-register on the census portal.

Sat, 26 Sept 2026

• On 26 September 2026 Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma laid the foundation stone of India's first port-based e-methanol plant at Deendayal Port Authority, Kandla.

Fri, 25 Sept 2026

• The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence said on 25 September 2026 that it seized 1,25,680 kg of foreign-origin areca nuts and 41,697 kg of foreign-origin poppy seeds, worth about ₹20.31 crore, in two operations in Mizoram and Assam.

Tue, 22 Sept 2026

• On 22 September 2026, World Rhino Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Assam holds nearly 80% of the world's rhino population and shared that Project Rhino has been initiated to support rhino range states.
• On 22 September 2026, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence intercepted two persons at Mariani, Assam, and seized 86 live Tokay geckos under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

• On 15 September 2026, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) intercepted four trucks in Assam and Tripura and seized 231.8 kg of suspected methamphetamine tablets, one of the biggest such seizures in the North-East.

Tue, 08 Sept 2026

• On 8 September 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Dr Bhupen Hazarika on his 100th birth anniversary and recalled attending the start of the birth centenary celebrations in Guwahati a year earlier.
• On 8 September 2026, the Law Ministry notified the President's appointment of three judicial officers as Judges of the Chhattisgarh High Court and of an advocate and a judicial officer as Additional Judges of the Gauhati High Court.

Mon, 07 Sept 2026

• On 7 September 2026, Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan laid foundation stones for five projects worth ₹1,010.95 crore in Shillong, Meghalaya, and for ₹110 crore of infrastructure at Gauhati University in Assam.

Sun, 06 Sept 2026

• On 6 September 2026, Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan addressed the convocation of Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences in Guwahati and noted that Assam's medical colleges have grown from 7 in 2021 to 15.

Sun, 30 Aug 2026

• The Assam Cabinet on 30 August 2026 approved a ₹50,000 crore five-year package under 'Viksit Assam: Infra Vision' and a ₹600 crore Proton Beam Therapy Centre at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital.

Fri, 28 Aug 2026

• On 28 August 2026, the Union Health Ministry reviewed progress towards malaria elimination by 2030, noting a nearly 80% fall in cases and deaths since 2015 and a drop in high-burden districts from 155 to 33.

Thu, 27 Aug 2026

• On 27 August 2026, the Department of Consumer Affairs notified the Legal Metrology (Indian Standard Time) Rules, 2026, making IST the common legal time reference; the Rules take effect 180 days after Gazette publication.
• On 27 August 2026, the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission held its first scientific conclave in the Northeast at NIPER Guwahati and launched seven phytochemical and five botanical reference standards.

Wed, 26 Aug 2026

• India's Mayank Chakraborty and Pratitee Bordoloi won the Open and Girls titles at the Asian Junior Classical Chess Championship 2026 in Mumbai, both with 7.5 points from nine rounds.

Tue, 25 Aug 2026

• The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized 56 kg of methamphetamine tablets from a truck at Lalpani near Silchar, Assam, on 25 August 2026, taking its two recent North-East seizures to 76 kg.

Wed, 19 Aug 2026

• Researchers from IASST and IIT Guwahati have developed RK-251, a 'smart' cancer drug designed to activate mainly inside cancer cells, the Science Ministry said on 19 August 2026.

Wed, 12 Aug 2026

• Three Indian Sanchar Mitras were selected as International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Generation Connect Youth Envoys for 2026–2030, the Department of Telecommunications said on International Youth Day, 12 August 2026.

Tue, 11 Aug 2026

• Green hydrogen production capacity of 30 kilo tonnes per annum has been awarded for four public sector refineries under SIGHT Mode-2B of the National Green Hydrogen Mission, the government told the Rajya Sabha on 11 August 2026.
• An industry summit on agarwood oil exports, organised by CHEMEXCIL with the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, released a roadmap for agarwood export promotion from the North East in New Delhi on 11 August 2026.

Sun, 09 Aug 2026

• India's Ashmita Chaliha won her maiden BWF World Tour title at the Korea Masters Super 300 on 9 August 2026, beating fourth seed Han Qian Xi of China 14-21, 21-14, 21-14 in the women's singles final.

Thu, 06 Aug 2026

• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 6 August 2026 approved a 135.87 km, 4-lane access-controlled Guwahati–Tezpur corridor on NH-15 in Assam at a cost of Rs 8,970.20 crore.

Tue, 04 Aug 2026

• On International Clouded Leopard Day, 4 August 2026, the Environment Ministry highlighted India's new Clouded Leopard Conservation Action Plan, which identifies 14 priority landscapes across Northeast India.

Sat, 01 Aug 2026

• Home Minister Amit Shah approved the advance release of ₹2,117.85 crore from the Central share of SDRF to flood-affected states on 1 August 2026.

Fri, 31 Jul 2026

• On 31 July 2026 the Assam Cabinet approved the Assam Compressed Biogas (CBG) Policy 2026 and the final notification of two proposed reserve forests in Goalpara district as reserve forests.

Wed, 29 Jul 2026

• On 29 July 2026 the NHRC took suo motu cognizance of a 26 July explosion at a metal processing factory in Cachar district, Assam, that killed four workers and severely injured two, and sought a report within two weeks.

Tue, 28 Jul 2026

• On 28 July 2026 Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma flagged off in Guwahati the first international consignment of Purabi ice cream – 5,627 litres – to Bhutan.

Sat, 25 Jul 2026

• Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla paid floral tributes to former Speaker Somnath Chatterjee in the Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan on his birth anniversary on 25 July 2026.

Thu, 02 Jul 2026

• The Borjuli site in Sonitpur district of Assam, identified under an NRAA-funded wild rice conservation project, has been notified as a Biodiversity Heritage Site, the Ministry of Agriculture said on 2 July 2026.