Assam Current Affairs — Last 6 months | Daily News + MCQs

Centre caps sugar dealers' stock at 1,000 quintals and 15 days from 15 October 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).

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 India Important

Mann Ki Baat (138th episode): PM urges census self-registration, marks Ashok Singhal's birth centenary

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.

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🚄 Energy & Power 📍 Gujarat Must know

Foundation stone laid for India's first port-based e-methanol plant at Deendayal Port, Kandla

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.

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🛡️ Internal Security 📍 Mizoram

DRI seizes 1.25 lakh kg smuggled areca nuts and 41,697 kg poppy seeds worth ₹20.31 crore in Mizoram and Assam

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.

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🌿 Wildlife & Protected Areas 📍 Assam Important

World Rhino Day: PM says Assam holds nearly 80% of world's rhinos; Project Rhino initiated for range states

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.

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🌿 Wildlife & Protected Areas 📍 Assam

DRI seizes 86 live Tokay geckos at Mariani, Assam; two arrested

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.

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🏛️ Polity & Governance 📍 Assam Important

DRI seizes 231.8 kg of methamphetamine tablets in Assam and Tripura

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.

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🌟 Persons in News 📍 Assam Important

PM Modi pays tribute to Bharat Ratna Bhupen Hazarika on his 100th birth anniversary

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.

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👤 Appointments & Resignations 📍 Chhattisgarh

President appoints judges to the Chhattisgarh High Court and additional judges to the Gauhati High Court

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.

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🏛️ Polity & Governance 📍 Meghalaya Important

Vice-President lays foundation for ₹1,010.95 crore projects in Meghalaya and ₹110 crore works at Gauhati University

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.

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🎓 Education 📍 Assam

Vice-President addresses convocation of Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences in Guwahati

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.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 Assam Must know

Assam Cabinet approves ₹50,000 crore infra package and India's first public-sector proton beam therapy centre

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.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 India Important

Health Ministry reviews malaria elimination push in 33 high-burden districts

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.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 India Must know

Legal Metrology (Indian Standard Time) Rules, 2026 notified for 'One Nation, One Time'

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.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 Assam

Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission holds first Northeast conclave at NIPER Guwahati, launches botanical reference standards

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.

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🏅 Chess 📍 Maharashtra Important

Mayank Chakraborty and Pratitee Bordoloi win Asian Junior Chess titles in Mumbai

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.

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🛡️ Internal Security 📍 Assam Important

DRI seizes 56 kg methamphetamine tablets at Lalpani near Silchar

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.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 Assam Important

IASST and IIT Guwahati develop 'smart' cancer drug RK-251

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.

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🚄 Energy & Power 📍 Assam Important

Assam Cabinet approves Compressed Biogas Policy 2026 and two new reserve forests in Goalpara

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.

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🎓 Social Justice & Welfare 📍 Assam

NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of explosion at Cachar (Assam) metal factory that killed four workers

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.

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💹 Trade & Industry 📍 Assam

Assam exports first international consignment of Purabi ice cream to Bhutan

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.

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🌟 Persons in News 📍 India Important

Tributes to former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on his birth anniversary

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.

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🌿 Wildlife & Protected Areas 📍 Assam Important

Borjuli wild rice site in Assam's Sonitpur notified as Biodiversity Heritage Site

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.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Arunachal Pradesh

BRO's Project Brahmank marks 16th Raising Day at Ranaghat

Project Brahmank of the Border Roads Organisation celebrated its 16th Raising Day at Ranaghat, Arunachal Pradesh, on 29 June 2026; the project maintains 811 km of roads and about 86 bridges.

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🌿 Wildlife & Protected Areas 📍 Assam Important

Mann Ki Baat 135th episode: PM hails Assam's 'Hargila Army' and India's World Yogasana Championship haul

In the 135th episode of Mann Ki Baat on 28 June 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Assam's 'Hargila Army' of rural women led by biologist Purnima Devi Barman and India's 114 medals at the World Yogasana Championship in Ahmedabad.

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🛡️ Internal Security 📍 Delhi Must know

10th NCORD apex meeting: Amit Shah releases Vision Document on Drug Control (2026-2029), launches drugs disposal fortnight

Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired the 10th apex-level meeting of the Narco-Coordination Centre (NCORD) in New Delhi on 26 June 2026, released the 'Vision Document on Drug Control (2026-2029)' and launched a campaign to destroy 2,09,500 kg of narcotics worth Rs 6,000 crore.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 Assam Important

Digital India BHASHINI Division and Assam Innovation & Startup Foundation sign MoU on language technology

MeitY's Digital India BHASHINI Division and the Assam Innovation & Startup Foundation announced an MoU on 22 June 2026 to promote language technology and multilingual innovation in Assam.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 Tripura Important

PM SVANidhi completes six years; over 75.5 lakh street vendors benefited

PM SVANidhi, the micro-credit scheme for street vendors of the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs launched in June 2020, completed six years; the occasion was marked in Agartala on 31 May 2026.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 India Important

Shivraj Singh Chouhan releases ₹10,021 crore PMAY-G Mother Sanction to 12 States

On 28 May 2026 Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan released a Mother Sanction of ₹10,021.42 crore to 12 States under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin, towards 'Housing for All' by March 2029.

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🏅 Sports 📍 Assam

Raksha Khadse leads Commonwealth Games cycling event at IIT Guwahati and visits KISCE Assam

On 24 May 2026 MoS Sports Raksha Khadse led the Commonwealth Games edition of Fit India Sundays on Cycle at IIT Guwahati and visited the Khelo India State Centre of Excellence (KISCE) Assam and its High Performance Centre in Guwahati.

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