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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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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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🛡️ Internal Security 📍 Manipur Important

NCB seizes about 110 kg of methamphetamine tablets worth ₹88 crore in Manipur and Assam, arrests 4

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) seized methamphetamine tablets worth ₹88 crore in two operations on 13 March 2025 — 102.39 kg near Lilong in Manipur and 7.48 kg near Silchar on the Assam–Mizoram border — and arrested four people.

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🔬 Science & Technology 📍 Assam Important

DBT and Assam sign first Centre–State partnership MoU under the BioE3 Policy

The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and the Government of Assam signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 12 March 2025 — the first Centre–State partnership under the BioE3 Policy — to promote biomanufacturing in Assam.

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🌿 Pollution & Conservation 📍 World Must know

IQAir World Air Quality Report 2024: Byrnihat most polluted city, India fifth most polluted country, Delhi most polluted capital

The 2024 World Air Quality Report by Swiss firm IQAir, released on 11 March 2025, named Byrnihat on the Assam–Meghalaya border the world's most polluted metropolitan area and ranked India the fifth most polluted country.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 Assam

Sonowal lays foundation stone of 37-bed patient care block at AMCH Dibrugarh, funded by Oil India CSR

Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal laid the foundation stone of a 37-bed patient care cabin block at Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH), Dibrugarh, on 4 March 2025.

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🌿 Wildlife & Protected Areas 📍 India Important

India's first riverine dolphin estimation report counts 6,327 dolphins; Uttar Pradesh tops

Prime Minister Narendra Modi released India's first-ever riverine dolphin estimation report, which counted 6,327 dolphins, at the NBWL meeting in Gir on 3 March 2025.

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🎓 Women & Child 📍 Uttar Pradesh Important

Jayant Chaudhary launches Swavalambini women entrepreneurship programme at CCS University, Meerut

Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Jayant Chaudhary launched Swavalambini, a women entrepreneurship programme by MSDE and NITI Aayog, at Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, on 1 March 2025.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 Assam

Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurates C-DOT 5G Lab at Gauhati University

Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurated a low-cost 5G test lab developed by C-DOT at the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Gauhati University, on 28 February 2025.

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💹 Economy 📍 India Important

Mines Ministry to launch first tranche of Exploration Licence auctions; Assam, J&K and Kerala to join mineral auction regime

Union Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy said on 27 February 2025 that the first tranche of Exploration Licence auctions would be launched in March 2025 and that Assam, Jammu & Kashmir and Kerala would soon join the mineral auction regime, taking it to 17 States.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Assam Important

Advantage Assam 2.0 concludes in Guwahati; Sonowal unveils ₹4,800 crore plan for Assam's inland waterways

The two-day Advantage Assam 2.0 Investment and Infrastructure Summit in Guwahati concluded on 26 February 2025, with Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal announcing a ₹4,800 crore plan for inland waterways in Assam.

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💹 Economy 📍 Assam Must know

PM Modi inaugurates Advantage Assam 2.0 Investment and Infrastructure Summit in Guwahati

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Advantage Assam 2.0 Investment and Infrastructure Summit 2025 in Guwahati on 25 February 2025, saying Assam's economy had roughly doubled since the first edition in 2018.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Assam Important

PM Modi attends Jhumoir Binandini 2025, a mega Jhumoir dance programme, in Guwahati

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took part in Jhumoir Binandini 2025, a mega Jhumoir dance programme of Assam's tea garden community, in Guwahati on 24 February 2025.

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📋 State Schemes 📍 Assam Important

Assam Cabinet approves Startup and Innovation Policy 2025 and Aerospace and Defence Manufacturing Policy 2025

The Assam Cabinet on 31 January 2025 approved the Assam Startup and Innovation Policy 2025, the Assam Aerospace and Defence Manufacturing Policy 2025 and the Assam Action Plan on BioE3 Policy.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 India Must know

Cabinet fixes MSP of raw jute at ₹5,650 per quintal for 2025-26

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 22 January 2025 fixed the MSP of raw jute (TD-3 grade) for the 2025-26 season at ₹5,650 per quintal, ₹315 more than last season.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 India Important

56 new watershed projects worth ₹700 crore sanctioned under WDC-PMKSY 2.0

Projects in 10 best-performing states to cover about 2.8 lakh hectares.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Assam Important

Second Inland Waterways Development Council meet at Kaziranga announces ₹50,000 crore investment

National River Traffic and Navigation System launched; 1,000 green vessels planned in five years.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 Assam Important

J.P. Nadda opens LGBRIMH library in Tezpur, lays stone of 50-bed critical care block in Assam

The Mangaldai critical care block will be built with ₹23.75 crore under PM-ABHIM.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Sikkim Important

India's first Organic Fisheries Cluster launched in Soreng district, Sikkim

Fisheries Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh also opened 50 PMMSY projects worth ₹50 crore for the Northeast in Guwahati.

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🎓 Education 📍 Assam Important

NIELIT Deemed to be University inaugurated from Guwahati; MoU with Tata Electronics

The university, the only one under MeitY, starts at 12 locations including five in the North-East.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Assam

Three new trains flagged off and ₹72 crore Tetelia road over bridge dedicated in Assam

The services include a Guwahati–North Lakhimpur Jan Shatabdi and a Tinsukia–Naharlagun tri-weekly express.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 India Important

National Consumer Day 2024: theme 'Virtual Hearings & Digital Access to Consumer Justice'; Jagriti app, NCH 2.0 launched

Union Minister Pralhad Joshi led National Consumer Day 2024 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, on 24 December 2024 with the theme 'Virtual Hearings & Digital Access to Consumer Justice'.

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🎭 Festivals & Events 📍 Assam Important

12th International Tourism Mart inaugurated in Kaziranga, Assam

On 27 November 2024, Union Tourism and Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat inaugurated the 12th International Tourism Mart in Kaziranga, Assam, with Chief Ministers Himanta Biswa Sarma and Pema Khandu.

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🎭 Heritage & UNESCO 📍 Assam Important

Sonowal leads 402nd birth anniversary tribute to Lachit Borphukan, hero of the Battle of Saraighat

On 24 November 2024 in New Delhi, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal paid tribute to Ahom commander Lachit Borphukan on his 402nd birth anniversary.

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🏆 National Awards 📍 India Important

National Gopal Ratna Awards 2024 announced; special award for North Eastern States added

On 23 November 2024, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying announced the National Gopal Ratna Awards 2024 winners, to be given on National Milk Day, 26 November, in New Delhi, and added a special award for North Eastern Region States.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Delhi Important

World Fisheries Day 2024: 5th Marine Fisheries Census launched; Kerala best marine state, Telangana best inland

On 21 November 2024 in New Delhi, Fisheries Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh marked World Fisheries Day by launching the 5th Marine Fisheries Census, a National Plan of Action on Sharks and other initiatives, and presenting awards to Kerala, Telangana and others.

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🔬 Science & Technology 📍 Assam Important

PIB explainer: Tata's Morigaon (Assam) semiconductor unit to make up to 48 million chips a day

On 17 November 2024, PIB described the ₹27,000-crore semiconductor unit of Tata Semiconductor Assembly and Test Pvt Ltd at Morigaon, Assam, which is expected to make up to 48 million chips a day.

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