Dimapur, Aug. 22 (EMN): The 44th Inter-district and State Badminton Championship and Nagaland Olympic and Paralympic Games 2022 will be held at the Multi-purpose Hall, Longleng from Aug. 23 to the 27th on the theme “Empowering Peace through Sports & Games: Connecting Community “. Minister of Health and Family Welfare, S Pangnyu Phom, will attend the inaugural programme as special guest at 10 am. The Longleng District Badminton Association (LDBA) will be the host for the event. The event is being sponsored by LI – NING Company, a sportswear and sports equipment company. In the inaugural programme, invocation will be pronounced by Chingthai Pastor PBCL while salutation and acknowledgement will be presented by president of LDBA , an update stated. The Deputy Commissioner of Longleng Dharam Raj will deliver greetings and Dr. Watizulu Sülümeren Sr. Vice President NBA and Vice President BAI will deliver a speech. Special music will be presented by S
Kohima, Aug. 15 (EMN): Nagaland’s Minister for Health and Family Welfare, S Pangnyu Phom, on Monday launched the official jersey for Longleng District Badminton Association (LDBA) at the Longleng Deputy Commissioner’s office chamber. An update informed that the jersey is being sponsored by Intermingle Club, Longleng while it added that LDBA is all set to host the LI-NING 44th Inter-District and State Open Badminton Championship and Nagaland Olympic and Paralympic Games 2022. The minister, during the launching event, invited people of the state to join the event, which begins from August 23, as the event will be first of its kind for the district to host such a mega event while the event will showcase the young talents of the state in junior and seniority category. Coinciding with the launching programme, the minister had a review and preparedness meeting for the upcoming event headed by Dharam Raj, DC Longleng, who is the chairman of the District Sports Association. It stated t