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Amit Shah inaugurates Brahmaputra Wing at Raj Bhavan, Guwahati, and ₹322 crore projects in Assam

Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the Brahmaputra Wing at Raj Bhavan in Guwahati, Assam, on 29 August 2025 and virtually inaugurated or laid foundation stones for eight projects worth ₹322 crore.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Gujarat Important

Cabinet approves four railway projects worth ₹12,328 crore, including a new line in Kutch

The Union Cabinet on 27 August 2025 approved four railway projects costing about ₹12,328 crore, including a new Kutch line and multi-tracking projects in Karnataka, Telangana, Bihar and Assam.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 India Important

One year of BioE3 Policy: Jitendra Singh launches National Biofoundry Network; bioeconomy target $300 billion by 2030

Marking one year of the BioE3 Policy on 27 August 2025, Union Minister Jitendra Singh launched the BioE3 Challenge for Youth and India's first National Biofoundry Network, saying the bioeconomy had grown to $165.7 billion in 2024.

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🚄 Infrastructure & Energy 📍 Assam

Mumbai Port Authority allots land at Colaba to Assam on 60-year lease

Union Ports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal announced on 24 August 2025 that the Mumbai Port Authority has allotted four bighas of land at Colaba, Mumbai, to the Government of Assam on a 60-year lease.

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🏛️ Judiciary & Judgements 📍 Telangana Important

President appoints judges and additional judges to Telangana, Madhya Pradesh and Gauhati High Courts

On 29 July 2025, the Ministry of Law and Justice notified the appointment of judges and additional judges to the Telangana, Madhya Pradesh and Gauhati High Courts.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Assam

Sarbananda Sonowal pays tribute at Bhupen Hazarika's home in Guwahati

On 26 July 2025, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal visited the Guwahati residence of music maestro Bhupen Hazarika.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 India Important

Five new High Court Chief Justices appointed, four Chief Justices transferred

On 14 July 2025, the President, in consultation with the Chief Justice of India, appointed five Chief Justices of High Courts and transferred four sitting Chief Justices.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 Assam Important

DoT expands Sanchar Mitra Scheme; Assam LSA partners 18 engineering colleges

On 11 July 2025 in Guwahati, the DoT's Assam LSA held the first outreach of the Sanchar Mitra Scheme, partnering 18 engineering colleges to enlist student volunteers as digital ambassadors.

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🌿 Disasters 📍 Assam Important

Centre releases ₹1,066.80 crore SDRF share to six flood-hit states

On 10 July 2025, the Centre approved the release of ₹1,066.80 crore as its SDRF share to Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Kerala and Uttarakhand, hit by floods and landslides.

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📊 Reports & Indices 📍 Mizoram Important

NITI Aayog releases second NER District SDG Index; Hnahthial (Mizoram) tops

On 7 July 2025, NITI Aayog released the second edition of the North Eastern Region District SDG Index (2023-24), in which Mizoram's Hnahthial was the best-performing district.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Assam Important

Sonowal: ₹5,000 crore earmarked for Northeast waterways; 50,000 youth to get maritime training

On 7 July 2025, Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said ₹5,000 crore has been earmarked to develop waterways in the Northeast and 50,000 youth from the region will be trained in maritime skills over the next decade.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 Tamil Nadu Important

ECI announces Rajya Sabha biennial elections to 8 seats from Assam and Tamil Nadu; poll on 19 June

The Election Commission of India on 26 May 2025 announced biennial elections to eight Rajya Sabha seats — two from Assam and six from Tamil Nadu — with polling and counting on 19 June 2025.

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💹 Economy 📍 India Must know

PM inaugurates Rising North East Investors Summit 2025; defines EAST as 'Empower, Act, Strengthen, Transform'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Rising North East Investors Summit 2025 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi on 23 May 2025, describing the region as a 'front-runner of growth'.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 India Important

North East Apprenticeship Pilot Scheme launched in Aizawl: extra ₹1,500 a month for 26,000+ youth

Union MoS Jayant Chaudhary and Mizoram CM Lalduhoma launched a pilot scheme in Aizawl on 20 May 2025 under which over 26,000 youth from the North East will get an extra ₹1,500 a month for one year over their NAPS apprenticeship stipend.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Assam

Sonowal reviews inland waterway projects in Assam and Northeast; ₹1,000 crore more by 2026

Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal reviewed inland waterway projects in Assam and the Northeast on 19 May 2025 and said projects worth ₹1,000 crore are on the anvil for completion by 2026.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 Assam Important

PMAY-G in Assam: 55,000 houses handed over, 3.76 lakh more sanctioned; 'Lakhimi Mistri' launched

At a virtual Grihapravesh of 55,000 PMAY-G houses in Guwahati on 17 May 2025, Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan sanctioned 3.76 lakh more houses for Assam and launched 'Lakhimi Mistri', a women mason initiative.

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💹 Trade & Industry 📍 India Important

DGFT imposes port restrictions on certain imports from Bangladesh

DGFT Notification No. 07/2025-26 of 17 May 2025 restricts imports of readymade garments from Bangladesh to Nhava Sheva and Kolkata seaports and bars several other goods through land ports in the Northeast and two West Bengal LCSs.

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🏅 Other Sports 📍 Assam

Assam's Aisangfa Gogoi sets youth national record at Khelo India Youth Games 2025 in Bihar

Assam's Aisangfa Gogoi won the girls' 55 kg weightlifting gold at the Khelo India Youth Games 2025 in Rajgir, Bihar, on 11 May 2025 with a total lift of 183 kg, a youth national record.

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🚄 Energy & Power 📍 Assam Important

Guwahati gets first household piped natural gas connections; Barak Valley's first CNG station opens in Silchar

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on 10 May 2025 inaugurated Guwahati's first household piped natural gas supply, covering 101 households in Geetanagar, and Barak Valley's first CNG station at Silchar.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Assam

IASST Guwahati develops eco-friendly lubricant using graphitic carbon nitride in castor oil

Researchers at the Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST), Guwahati, developed an eco-friendly lubricant by adding surface-modified graphitic carbon nitride to castor oil, cutting friction by about 54%, the DST said on 9 May 2025.

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🎭 Heritage & UNESCO 📍 Assam Must know

Bodofa Upendranath Brahma statue unveiled and road named after him in New Delhi

Union Home Minister Amit Shah unveiled a 9-foot statue of Bodofa Upendranath Brahma and named a road and rotary in New Delhi after him on 1 May 2025, his 35th death anniversary.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Meghalaya

Cabinet approves Shillong–Silchar greenfield high-speed corridor (NH-06) at ₹22,864 crore

The CCEA approved a 166.80 km four-lane greenfield access-controlled high-speed corridor on NH-06 from Mawlyngkhung (near Shillong), Meghalaya, to Panchgram (near Silchar), Assam, on Hybrid Annuity Mode on 30 April 2025.

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🎓 Education 📍 Assam

Sarbananda Sonowal lays foundation of ₹38 crore Kendriya Vidyalaya building in Dibrugarh

Union Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal laid the foundation stone of a new ₹38 crore building for Kendriya Vidyalaya, Dibrugarh, Assam, on 29 March 2025.

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🌐 Bilateral Relations 📍 Japan Must know

India and Japan sign ODA loans worth JPY 191.736 billion for six projects

The Government of India and JICA signed six loan agreements worth JPY 191.736 billion in New Delhi on 27 March 2025 under Japan's Official Development Assistance, covering projects in Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Assam and Punjab.

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🏛️ Elections 📍 Delhi Important

Election Commission begins first-ever training of Booth Level Officers at IIIDEM

Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar inaugurated the first-ever training of Booth Level Officers at IIIDEM, New Delhi, on 26 March 2025, starting with BLOs from Bihar, West Bengal and Assam.

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💹 Economy 📍 Assam Important

Cabinet approves ₹10,601 crore Namrup-IV brownfield ammonia-urea complex in Assam

The Union Cabinet on 19 March 2025 approved a 12.7 LMT-a-year brownfield ammonia-urea complex (Namrup-IV) within the premises of Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation Ltd at Namrup, Assam, at an estimated cost of ₹10,601.40 crore.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 Assam Important

Amit Shah addresses 57th annual conference of All Bodo Students' Union in Kokrajhar; Delhi road to be named after Bodofa Upendra Nath Brahma

Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed the 57th annual conference of the All Bodo Students' Union (ABSU) as chief guest in Kokrajhar, Assam, on 16 March 2025, announcing that a prominent road in Delhi will be named after Bodofa Upendra Nath Brahma.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 Assam Important

Amit Shah reviews implementation of three new criminal laws in North-Eastern states at Guwahati; praises Assam's 66% timely charge sheets

Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a review of the implementation of the three new criminal laws in the North-Eastern states in Guwahati on 16 March 2025, asking all states to train 100% of police personnel and praising Assam for filing charge sheets within 60–90 days in 66% of cases.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 Assam Important

Amit Shah inaugurates Lachit Barphukan Police Academy in Dergaon, Assam

Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the Lachit Barphukan Police Academy in Dergaon, Assam, on 15 March 2025, saying it would be ranked first among the country's police academies within five years.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Assam Important

89th Network Planning Group under PM GatiShakti evaluates eight projects, including Brahmaputra road tunnel and Rajkot Metro

The 89th meeting of the Network Planning Group (NPG) under PM GatiShakti, held on 14 March 2025, evaluated eight road, railway and metro projects, including a four-lane road tunnel under the Brahmaputra between Gohpur and Numaligarh in Assam.

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