Drinking of alcohol inside metro premises, however, is still strictly prohibited. Earlier, carrying of alcohol was allowed only on the Airport Express Line, the DMRC said.
The driverless train operations on the Pink Line takes the total stretch of driverless network to nearly 97 km and puts Delhi Metro at fourth place globally among such services.
The 57-km Pink Line will be DMRC’s second driverless metro. The first driverless service was inaugurated in Magenta Line by PM Modi in December last year.
In January 2020, the urban transporter had launched a high-speed WiFi facility inside train coaches on the Airport Line that connects New Delhi and Dwarka Sector 21 stations.
Anil Ambani Reliance Infrastructure Ltd has been locked in a legal battle with DMRC over operating the airport express line. The win is crucial for Ambani whose firms are in bankruptcy.
The verdict is a crucial victory for Ambani as his telecom firms are in bankruptcy and he is contesting a personal insolvency case lodged by the country’s largest lender.
DMRC said to provide safe space & prevent discrimination, Delhi Metro has designated its existing toilets meant only for 'Divyangjans' so far, to be accessible for transgenders too.
The bench said that it is for 'competent' authorities to take a call on matters regarding public transport, opening of restaurants, markets, and the court cannot interfere with it.
India’s policy on Myanmar has been to deal with its Generals and maintain a distance from the country’s insurgent groups and political struggles. This will have to change.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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