{"id":84304,"date":"2019-11-09T01:42:20","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T20:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=84304"},"modified":"2019-11-09T01:42:20","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T20:12:20","slug":"channel-states-youth-power-sona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2019\/11\/09\/channel-states-youth-power-sona\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel state\u2019s youth power: Sona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>MECHUKA, Nov 8:<\/strong> Legislative Assembly Speaker PD Sona called upon the District Olympic Associations (DOA), &#8220;particularly that of Shi-Yomi district,&#8221; to provide platforms to the local youths to showcase their talents.<br \/>\n&#8220;There is no dearth of talent among the youths, but what they need is a stage and opportunity. I hope the newly formed Shi-Yomi District Olympic Association would facilitate the same to the youths of the district,&#8221; Sona said, addressing the first meeting of the DOA here on Friday.<br \/>\nSuggesting to the DOA&#8217;s members to channel the talents of the district&#8217;s youths through games and sports, Sona asked them to work in unison and take suggestions from the senior members of the society.<br \/>\n&#8220;Inculcate a sense of discipline and team spirit among yourselves and do not take hasty decisions at any time,&#8221; the speaker said.<br \/>\nCiting the example of sportspersons Joti Mane and Anu Komi, he said &#8220;games and sports will not only help one stay fit but also bring laurels to the district and the state.&#8221;<br \/>\nMane is the first athlete from Arunachal to win the gold in a national athletics championship, while Komi has won several medals for the state in various national-level karate championships.<br \/>\nDeputy Commissioner Mito Dirchi, who chaired the meeting, suggested to the DOA team to &#8220;work in an organized manner, so that the local talents are given equal opportunity to perform.&#8221;<br \/>\nDOA president Aling Pinggam informed that the association was formed to &#8220;facilitate equal opportunities to aspiring sportspersons and local talents of the district.&#8221;<br \/>\nEarlier, Sona visited the sub-divisional library here and took stock of the establishment. The library was inaugurated by the then chief minister, Gegong Apang, in 1994.<br \/>\nTaking serious note of the library&#8217;s dismal condition, the speaker assured to look into the infrastructure needs of the establishment, &#8220;so that book enthusiasts and readers can visit.&#8221;<br \/>\nHe also assured to look into the matter of procuring books for the library. (PRO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MECHUKA, Nov 8: Legislative Assembly Speaker PD Sona called upon the District Olympic Associations (DOA), &#8220;particularly that of Shi-Yomi district,&#8221; to provide platforms to the local youths to showcase their talents. &#8220;There is no dearth of talent among the youths, but what they need is a stage and opportunity. I hope the newly formed Shi-Yomi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-84304","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}