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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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🏛️ Elections 📍 India Important

ECI releases 42 statistical reports on Lok Sabha 2024: Dhubri highest turnout, Srinagar lowest

The Election Commission of India released 42 statistical reports on the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and 14 reports each for four simultaneous Assembly elections on 26 December 2024.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 India Important

Good Governance Day: Jitendra Singh launches 'Viksit Panchayat Karmayogi' and iGOT's 1,600th course

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh launched the 'Viksit Panchayat Karmayogi' initiative for Panchayati Raj Institutions on Good Governance Day, 25 December 2024.

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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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📋 State Schemes 📍 Assam Important

Assam cabinet approves Assam International Skill Centre, declares 2025 'Year of Reading'

The Assam cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma from Dibrugarh on 23 December 2024, also approved ₹9,000 a month for Gaon Pradhans of forest and FRA villages.

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📅 Important Days & Themes 📍 Assam

Swahid Diwas: tributes to the martyrs of the Assam Movement

On 10 December 2024, in India, PM Narendra Modi and Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal paid tribute to the martyrs of the Assam Movement on Swahid Diwas.

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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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🔬 Science & Technology 📍 India Important

DST launches Operation Dronagiri and the Integrated Geospatial Data Sharing Interface

On 14 November 2024, DST Secretary Abhay Karandikar launched Operation Dronagiri, a pilot under the National Geospatial Policy 2022, along with the Integrated Geospatial Data Sharing Interface (GDI).

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 Assam Important

C R Patil reviews Swachh Bharat Mission-Grameen in North-East at Guwahati

On 12 November 2024 in Guwahati, Assam, Jal Shakti Minister C R Patil chaired a review of Swachh Bharat Mission-Grameen in the North-Eastern states and called for Sampoorna Swachhata by March 2025.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Assam Important

PM extends wishes on Assam's Bhasha Gaurav Saptah after Assamese gets classical status

On 3 November 2024, PM Narendra Modi extended best wishes on Assam's Bhasha Gaurav Saptah, a week-long celebration marking Assamese being conferred Classical Language status.

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🎓 Education 📍 Assam

Sonowal attends 78th Foundation Day of Assam Medical College in Dibrugarh

On 3 November 2024 in Dibrugarh, Assam, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal attended the 78th Foundation Day of Assam Medical College & Hospital and the 62nd Foundation Day of Dibru College as chief guest.

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🌟 Persons in News 📍 Assam

Sonowal felicitates winners of Yonex Sunrise All India Sub Junior Ranking Badminton Tournament

On 2 November 2024 in Dibrugarh, Assam, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal honoured the winners of the Yonex Sunrise All India Sub Junior Ranking Badminton Tournament held there from 25 to 30 October.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Arunachal Pradesh Must know

Rajnath Singh dedicates 'Desh ka Vallabh' statue and Major Bob Khathing 'Museum of Valour' at Tawang

On 31 October 2024, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh virtually dedicated the 'Desh ka Vallabh' statue of Sardar Patel and the Major Ralengnao 'Bob' Khathing 'Museum of Valour' at Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, from 4 Corps Headquarters in Tezpur, Assam.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Assam Important

Rajnath Singh celebrates Diwali with troops at 4 Corps Headquarters, Tezpur

On 30 October 2024, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh celebrated Deepawali with troops at 4 Corps Headquarters in Tezpur, Assam, and reviewed operational readiness and infrastructure along the LAC.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Assam Important

Majuli–Jorhat ferry resumes after IWAI dredges the Neamati–Kamalabari channel

On 30 October 2024, IWAI said dredging of the silted Neamati–Kamalabari channel in Assam had allowed ferry services between Jorhat and Majuli on National Waterway 2 (Brahmaputra) to resume.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 Delhi Important

PM lays foundation of four NIPER Centres of Excellence, opens PLI units and India's biggest Jan Aushadhi Kendra

On 29 October 2024, PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of four Centres of Excellence at NIPERs in Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Guwahati and Mohali, inaugurated five PLI-scheme units for medical devices and bulk drugs, and opened the country's biggest Jan Aushadhi Kendra at AIIMS, New Delhi.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Assam Important

Sonowal reviews Northeast's first ship repair facility at Pandu Port Complex

On 28 October 2024, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal visited the Pandu Port Complex in Assam to review the Northeast's first ship repair facility and an elevated road corridor, part of projects on National Waterway 2 (Brahmaputra).

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🌟 Persons in News 📍 Assam

In Guwahati, VP Dhankhar says the North East is 'centre stage in our national story'

On 27 October 2024, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, addressing the 21st International Conclave of Krishnaguru International Spiritual Youth Society at the College of Veterinary Science, Guwahati, said the North East is now centre stage in India's national story.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Meghalaya

Indian Navy flags off 'Northeast Odyssey' motorcycle expedition from Shillong

On 18 October 2024, in Shillong, Meghalaya, Eastern Naval Command chief Vice Adm Rajesh Pendharkar flagged off the Indian Navy's motorcycle expedition 'Northeast Odyssey' across Meghalaya, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.

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🌟 Persons in News 📍 Delhi

Northeast is the heart and soul of Bharat, says Vice-President at Pratidin Conclave

On 5 October 2024, in New Delhi, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, delivering the keynote at 'The Conclave 2024' organised by Pratidin Media Network, called the Northeast the heart and soul of Bharat.

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🔬 Science & Technology 📍 Assam Important

10th India International Science Festival to be held at IIT Guwahati, first in the Northeast

On 4 October 2024, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh announced that the 10th India International Science Festival will be held at IIT Guwahati, Assam, from 30 November to 3 December 2024, the first in the Northeast.

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