Veteran actor Bishnu Kharghoria conferred the Lifetime Achievement Honour at the Guwahati Asian Film Festival (GAFF) 2026 for his extraordinary and enduring contribution to Indian cinema. Beginning with Bristi (1974), his career spans decades, with landmark films such as Kollol, Firingoti and ...

A bird survey carried out during Magh Bihu 2026 at Chandubi Beel and nearby habitats documented 111 bird species, spanning wetland-dependent birds, grassland and woodland species, as well as birds of prey. The exercise was undertaken by the Loharghat Range of the Kamrup West Forest Division, ...

A study by the Department of Physics at Tezpur University has contributed to understanding how gravity behaves inside the Sun under extreme internal conditions. The research focuses on wave dynamics within the Sun, where temperature and density are exceptionally high. The Sun contains about ...

The Government of Assam has announced the recipients of its prestigious cultural and literary awards for 2025–26, including the Silpi Bota Award 2026, honouring eminent contributors to Assam’s art, music, literature, theatre and cinema. Eminent singer Dhanada Pathak has been selected for the State ...

Traditional buffalo fights were organised during Magh Bihu celebrations at Ahatguri in Morigaon and Deobali in Raha, despite an existing legal ban. The events revived debate over the balance between cultural practices and animal welfare. In 2014, the Supreme Court of India, in the Animal ...

Assam’s Directorate of Sports & Youth Welfare, in partnership with the Inspire Institute of Sport, will set up a High-Performance Satellite Sports Centre in Guwahati to strengthen elite sports development in the state and the Northeast. The centre will anchor high-performance initiatives ...

Raksha is a nationwide AI-based platform to curb crimes such as child trafficking, child marriage and circulation of Child Sexual Exploitative and Abuse Material. Its relevance is significant for Assam, which has seen a sharp rise in such offences. According to the National Crime Records Bureau ...

A 70 MW solar power plant was inaugurated at Khudigaon in Dhubri district, developed at a cost of about ₹350 crore over nearly 1,000 bighas of land. The project marks a significant addition to Assam’s renewable energy infrastructure. The plant uses solar photovoltaic (PV) technology to generate ...

Dr Basanta Kumar Goswami, President of the Asam Sahitya Sabha, received the Rongbong Terang Memorial Award 2026 at a function marking the birth anniversary of Padma Shri awardee and noted litterateur Rongbong Terang. Rongbong Terang is a distinguished personality from Karbi Anglong who went on ...

Export preparedness in the Northeast reflects a mixed but evolving trajectory. The Export Preparedness Index 2024 places Nagaland, Tripura and Assam among the leading small states and UTs, indicating comparatively stronger export ecosystems built on better policy support, institutional ...

The Assam Governance and Service Delivery Program, backed by $80 million in funding, aims to strengthen public financial management, administrative efficiency, and the State’s data and information systems. The focus is on improving how public resources are planned, allocated, and utilised across ...

The Assam Disaster Resilient Hill Area Roads Development Project (ADRHARDP) is a ₹3,875 crore project that will improve and maintain 348 km of road infrastructure in the hills of Assam (Dima Hasao) through a loan worth $350 to $400 million from the World Bank. The ADRHARDP, which is being carried ...