Tripura Current Affairs One-liners — Last 6 months

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.

Wed, 02 Sept 2026

• On 2 September 2026, a consignment of 18 metric tonnes of four NPOP-certified ethnic rice varieties from Tripura was flagged off for export to Austria and the Netherlands, facilitated by APEDA.

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.

Fri, 14 Aug 2026

• APEDA and the Government of Tripura organised an International Organic Buyer-Seller Meet in Agartala, announced on 14 August 2026, with over 20 international buyers and products such as Queen Pineapple and GI-tagged Kalikhasa rice on display.

Mon, 10 Aug 2026

• APEDA facilitated the first-ever export of 1 metric tonne of mustard honey by Dergang Farmer Producer Organisation from Tripura to Dubai, the Commerce Ministry said on 10 August 2026.

Tue, 04 Aug 2026

• Educationist and former Governor of Tripura, Bihar and West Bengal D.Y. Patil died in Kolhapur on 4 August 2026, aged 90.

Sun, 26 Jul 2026

• In the 136th episode of Mann Ki Baat on 26 July 2026, PM Narendra Modi highlighted Kashmir's Vagu mat, Tripura's Chongpreng instrument, record Khadi sales of nearly ₹8,000 crore and Kerala's 'Aksharakanduk' Sanskrit-football project.

Fri, 17 Jul 2026

• Self-enumeration for the Houselisting and Housing Census (Phase I of Census 2027) began in Tamil Nadu and Tripura on 17 July 2026 and will remain open till 31 July 2026.

Thu, 09 Jul 2026

• DoNER Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia virtually addressed the Destination Tripura Business Conclave 2026 on 9 July 2026, calling Agartala a strategic gateway to the ASEAN region of over 670 million people.

Sun, 05 Jul 2026

• The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized about 1.11 lakh bottles of codeine-based cough syrup under the NDPS Act, 1985 in two operations, on an Agartala-bound train and at a warehouse in Dankuni, West Bengal, and arrested one person (announced 5 July 2026).

Wed, 24 Jun 2026

• The Ministry of Rural Development said on 24 June 2026 that it has approved 96 road works of 163.872 km in Tripura under PMGSY-IV Batch-I for 2026-27 at Rs 211.71 crore, giving 96 habitations all-weather road connectivity for the first time.

Sun, 31 May 2026

• 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.
• At a review with Union Power Minister Manohar Lal in Agartala on 31 May 2026, Tripura committed to rooftop solar for 2 lakh consumers by March 2027 and prepaid metering of government consumers by August 2026.

Wed, 27 May 2026

• On 27 May 2026 DoNER Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and the Tripura Chief Minister launched 'Mission Queen Pineapple', a ₹236 crore three-year convergence initiative to build a value chain around Tripura's GI-tagged Queen Pineapple.

Wed, 20 May 2026

• The Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) announced on 20 May 2026 that it had selected 10 institutions to set up Convergence Research Centres of Excellence combining social sciences and humanities with science and technology.

Sat, 16 May 2026

• The outcomes of PM Narendra Modi's visit to the Netherlands, released on 17 May 2026, include an Indo-Dutch Centre of Excellence for Flowers in West Tripura and an Indo-Dutch Centre of Excellence on Training in Dairy at CEAH, Bengaluru.

Thu, 14 May 2026

• On 14 May 2026 the Election Commission of India ordered Phase III of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 16 States and 3 UTs, covering 36.73 crore electors; only Himachal Pradesh, J&K and Ladakh remain.