Aizawl, May 24 -- Mizoram Sports and Youth Services Minister Lalnghinglova Hmar on Saturday made a passionate pitch to investors at the Rising Northeast Investors Summit 2025 in New Delhi, urging them to tap into the Northeast's untapped sports and entertainment potential.
Addressing the session "Unleashing the Potential of Entertainment and Sports in Northeast" at Bharat Mandapam, Hmar said that while the region, especially Mizoram, may be small in terms of population and land, it consistently punches above its weight.
"Though the Northeast accounts for just about 3% of India's population, it contributed 7% of the Indian contingent at the 2016 Rio Olympics. In the first seasons of the Indian Super League, roughly 10% of the players were...