ASSAM

• Assam conducted India’s first Ganga river Dolphin tagging.
• Woman of the Year 2025 (TIME Magazine) — Purnima Devi Burman (Hargila conservation).
• Assam Secretariat became India’s first Eco-friendly state government Headquarter.
• Assam ranks first in adopting newer contraceptives for women.
• Raahat Abhyaas (Jal Raahat Abhyaas) — Flood preparation by NDRF & Army in Assam.
• Numaligarh Refinery opened its first overseas office in Bangladesh.
• ASSAMSAT to be its own Satellite of Assam.
• Assam 2nd Capital — Dibrugarh.
• Assam demanded to include ‘Ho’ language under 8th Schedule.
• 10th India International Science Festival — Guwahati.
• Future Skills Summit — Guwahati.
• International Tourist Mart organized at Kaziranga National Park.
• New Classical Languages - Assamese, Bengali, Marathi, Pali & Prakrit.
• Assam launched the Co-District model, aimed at decentralizing governance.
• ‘Ankita’- India’s first AI Powered news anchor in a regional language.
• ‘School in a box’ initiative for children in flood relief camp.
• Mukhya Mantri Mahila Udyamita Abhiyaan — Assam.
• Mission Basundhara 3.0 — Assam.
• Nijut Moina Scheme - Girls college education.
• Gunotsava 2025 — students performance.
• Industrial Park & Green Energy Policy 2025 — Assam.
• DRIMS Platform - For Disaster Management with UNICEF collaboration.
• SWIFT Project - on wetland & fisheries; Assam & Asian Development Bank(ADB).
• Robotic surgery machine “Medi JARVIS” launched in Assam.
• Bharat Steam boiler expo — Guwahati.
• Nagashankar - Model temple for turtle conservation.
• India’s second largest butterfly diversity — Kaziranga National Park.
• Hollongapar Gibbon & Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary - Jorhat.
• Poba Reserve Forest - Assam.
• Golden Tiger seen in Kaziranga National Park.
• 8th National Park of Assam — Chirang Ripu.
• Animal Mithun (State animal of Arunachal & Nagaland) spotted in Assam for the first time.
• HAATI App — Assam. (Human-animal conflict).
• C. Assamicum — New orchid species.
• Justice Biplab Sharma Committee on Assam Accord.
• SC upheld Section 6A of Citizenship Act for Assam immigrants.
• Assam made NRC receipt compulsory for Aadhar card.
• IIT Ahmedabad to mentor IIT Kamrup (Assam).
• UNESCO World Heritage Sites - Charaideo Moidam (2024); Now pushing for inclusion of Majuli Island & Sivasagar; Amit Shah released the book “Assam’s braveheart Lachit Borphukan”; Amit Shah inaugurated Lachit Borphukan police Academy in Dergaon, Assam.
• Global Training Centre for Aviation in Guwahati.
• Jhumoir Binandini Program - Guwahati; PM Modi attended.
• ‘Comics Commandos’ against child labour & marriage.
• Ratan Tata Electronics city - Jagiroad, Assam.
• ‘Bathouism’ is a new option in the Religion column.
• Assam Baibhaw Award 2024 - Ranjan Gogoi (Ex-CJI).
• Kaji Nemu - Assam State fruit.
• 13 May - Day against superstitious beliefs.
• Devajit Saikia — New BCCI secretary.
• Festivals — Kati Bihu, Rongali Bihu, Purvottar Adi Mahotsava.

MEGHALAYA

• Shillong topped in Travel destinations for Indian travellers in 2025.
• Meghalaya to host the 39th National Games in 2027.
• Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary — Meghalaya. (In News)
• GREEN Meghalaya plus scheme — Forest protection.
• Most Polluted city worldwide - Bernihat. (World Air Quality Report, 2024).
• Climate-adaptive water harvesting project in Meghalaya.
• Species found — Dung beetle, Channa Nachi fish & S. densiclava fish.
• First woman DGP — I. Nongrang.
• Megong festival — Meghalaya.

TRIPURA

• 72nd Session of Northeast Council at Agartala.
• Demand to include Kokborok language in 8th Schedule.
• 2nd Prize in the Republic day parade. (First- Prayag Mahakumbh).
• ELEMENT Project — Tripura & Nagaland with World Bank support; on forest.
• Banded Royal Butterfly seen in Sipahijala Wildlife Sanctuary.
• CM-SATH Scheme — For meritorious students.
• GI tag to Risa textile.
• Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan — Tripura.
• First Green Village of Tripura — Rangacherra.
• Integrated Aquapark inaugurated by Union Fisheries Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh.
• Festivals — Garia, Kharchi, Borsho Boron.
• Ranks 3rd in literacy rate (PLFS 2023-24).

MIZORAM

• PLFS 2023-24 — Mizoram is first fully literate state (Benchmark 95%) with 98.02% literacy; Andhra is least literate; Bihar is 2nd least literate (74.3%).
• Phawnpui National Park - Mizoram (forest fire news).
• Frankie R Zadeng — Born on January 1, 2025; India’s First Generation Beta Child (Born between 2025 & 2039).
• Aizawl is the 4th Capital in Northeast to get rail connectivity after Agartala, Dispur & Itanagar.
• Anthurium flowers exported from Mizoram to Singapore.
• Bana Kaih Scheme for farmers & entrepreneurs.
• Swavalamini scheme — women entrepreneurship in Mizoram, Assam & Meghalaya.
• First Northeast state to distribute property cards under SVAMITVA scheme.
• Chapchar Kut festival — Mizoram.

MANIPUR

• Justice Kempaiah Soashekhar - Manipur High Court Chief Justice (Former Chief Justice of Karnataka HC).
• N. Kotiswar Singh became the first SC Judge from Manipur.
• CM N. Biren Singh resigned to Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla (9 February 2025). President rule (Article 356) on 13 Feb. Background - Ethnic conflict between Meiti & Kuki-zo since May 2023.
• UP-Manipur agreed on Ek Bharat Shreshth Bharat.
• A committee headed by Awangbow Newmai on illegal immigration in Manipur, formed by its Legislative Assembly.
• “School On Wheels” Initiative - Manipur.
• MHA declared 6 Police Stations as “Disturbed Areas”.
• Andro Village is 2024 Best tourist village of India.
• Festivals - Cheiroba, Shirui Lily, Mera Hou Chongba.
• Tamenglang District banned Amur Falcon hunting.
• Manipur to save Endangered species, Meiti Ponies.
• Khongjom day - 23 April. (23 April, 1891 Anglo-Manipur war).
• Bala Devi of Manipur - First Indian woman Footballer to score 50 Goals.
• Manipur ranked first in Khelo India Beach Games 2025.

NAGALAND

• Agriculture Leadership Awards 2024 - Best state in horticulture.
• First State to implement Disaster insurance.
• Festivals - Rusoma Orange festival + Nagaland's Brillante Piano festival in Bengaluru.
• Nagaland partnered with Wales and Japan for Hornbill festival 2024.
• 17th district - Meluri.
• Catfish species E. Sentiyonoae discovered in Dzuleke river, a tributary of Barak river.
• ELEMENT Project - Nagaland and Tripura on forest management.
• Won SKOCH award for improving forest.
• Exercise Raahat - By NDRF and Indian Army; Disaster relief exercise at Rangpahar military station.
• New Turmeric species found.
• Chief Minister Mobile Operation Theatre established (on health).
• Nagaland Solar Mission – On Residential rooftop.

ARUNACHAL PRADESH

• Pankaj Tripathi — Ambassador of Arunachal Rang Mahotsava 2024.
• First in Northeast to achieve 100% Har Ghar Jal.
• A peak of Arunachal named after the Dalai Lama.
• The US recognized Arunachal as Indian Territory.
• Sela Tunnel connects Tawang (Arunachal) with Tezpur (Assam).
• GI tag — Wancho wooden craft.
• Dulari Kanya Scheme — Girls Institutional deliveries.
• New plant species P Sudhansusekharii & P Arunachalense + Edible bug species + catfish G Punyabratai + Butterfly E. Malaccana + New species of Pangolins discovered.
• Biodiversity State Action Plan of Arunachal inaugurated.
• India’s first integrated oil farm processing unit in Dibang Valley.
• India’s first Geothermal production well drilled at Dirang.
• Tri-service exercise Prachand Prahar & Purvi Prahar in Arunachal.
• Buddha Dhamma & Culture of Northeast India Conclave organised.
• Book ‘Kargil War….’ authored by MB Ravindranath (Arunachal Governor released).
• Darrang (Assam), & Dibang valley (Arunachal) — best in preventing child drug abuse.
• 27th District — Bichom. 16 out of 27 Districts Malaria-free.
• ‘Vayu Veer Vijeta’ car rally — Thois (Ladakh) to Tawang (Arunachal) by Rajnath Singh.
• The PM laid the foundation of the Dibang Hydro project.
• Arunachal Public Exam bill 2024 to curb paper leak. (Bihar too).
• Mission Arun Himveer on farm production & livelihood.
• Festivals: Eaglenest bird + Parshuram mela (“Kumbh of Northeast”) + Pangsau + Nyokum Yullo + Water festival.

SIKKIM

• Khecheopalri Wetland/Lake (Also called “Wishing Lake”) — First Ramsar site of Sikkim. (Ramsar Sites & India: Total 91 after Khichan & Menar of Rajasthan added in June 2025; India ranks 3rd worldwide after UK & Mexico; India ranks first in Asia; Tamilnadu tops in India. Ramsar is located in Iran).
• India’s first organic fisheries cluster — Soreng District, Sikkim, inaugurated by Union Animal Husbandry Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh. First 100% organic state.
• Sikkim reserved 20% Police seats for Agniveers.
• Sikkim Krantikari Morcha leader Prem Singh Tamang sworn in as CM of Sikkim. He requested the centre to ban scaling Mount Kunchenjunga from Nepal.
• Tribal Research Institutes opened in Gangtok (Sikkim) & Srinagar (J&K).
• Tibetan Brown Bear , an Endangered species, first time seen in India at Sikkim.
• Sonam Lhosar festival in Nepal, Sikkim & Darjeeling.
• PM Modi laid the foundation stone for Sikkim’s first railway station at Rangpo. Sikkim is the only state without a railway line.
• Red Panda Program of Darjeeling’s Padmaza Naidu Himalayan Zoo selected as finalist for 2024 WAZA Conservation Award. (World Association of Zoos & Aquarium). Red Panda, also called Lesser Panda is the State Animal of Sikkim.
• The INSPIRES Program of Sikkim is a World Bank Assisted Program to boost economic inclusion of women & youth in non-farm sectors.
• 50 Years of Sikkim's Statehood — Protectorate of India in 1950; Associate State through 35th Constitution Amendment 1974; Referendum of 1975 favoured abolishing Monarchy & joining India; Full state by 36th Amendment on 22nd State on May 16, 1975.
• PM Modi addressed Sikkim@50 Programme in Gangtok via video conferencing. Theme “Where progress meets purpose.....”.
• Sikkim celebrated Saga Dawa, a Buddhist festival.
• Sikkim High Court introduced menstrual leave policy for its women employees. (First High Court to do so).
• Gastrodia Indica (New Orchid species) found in Fambonlho wildlife sanctuary in Sikkim.
• Operation Sadbhavna by Indian Army to support North Sikkim remote communities.
• Sikkim topped in Monthly Per Capita Consumption Expenditure (MPCE).
• Sikkim imposed a tourist fee of Rs 50 per person.
• GI-tagged Dalle Chilly exported from Sikkim to Solomon Island.
• Army Commander’s Conference 2024 at Gangtok. General Upendra Dwivedi launched “Agniastra”, a multi-target detonation device.
• Partner State for Nagaland’s Hornbill festival 2024 – Sikkim.