Cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli, industrialists Mukesh Ambani, Gautam Adani and Ratan Tata, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, and actors Arun Govil and Dipika Chikhlia are among the 8,000 invitees for the consecration ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22. The Ram Mandir Trust has sent invitations to over 7,000 people, including 3,000 VIPs, and plans to invite representatives from 50 foreign countries. Families of karsevaks who lost their lives during the temple movement will also be invited, along with religious leaders, journalists, scientists, and prominent personalities from various fields.
Alcohol sales will be banned to the general public during the Paris Olympics due to Evin's Law, which restricts public distribution and marketing of alcohol and tobacco in France. Only fans in VIP areas will have access to alcohol, thanks to a loophole that permits alcohol distribution in hospitality areas. The law restricts advertising on television, marketing toward young people, and sponsorships by alcohol brands among other regulations.
Fans attending the 2024 Paris Olympics will not be allowed to drink alcohol at competition venues due to the application of Evin's law, a 1991 statute pertaining to the sale and advertisement of alcohol. However, VIPs will be able to consume alcohol in catered hospitality areas. The ban on alcohol for regular fans is due to French law, and Paris 2024 did not seek an exemption from it.
Only VIPs will be allowed to drink alcohol during the Paris Olympics as organizers have decided not to seek an exemption to Evin's Law, which prohibits the sale of alcohol in stadiums to the general public in France. The law allows for an exemption for 10 events per organizer per year per municipality, but such an exemption would have required a change in the law for an event the size of the Games. Alcohol was also banned from stadiums at the COVID-delayed Summer Olympics in Tokyo, but events were eventually held without spectators due to the pandemic.
