Tag: Green Zone

Baghdad: Two mortar rounds hit the Iraqi capital’s Green Zone Saturday and two rockets slammed into a base housing US troops, security sources said, a day after a deadly American strike. The precision drone strike outside the Baghdad airport on Friday killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani, top Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and a […]

Baghdad: At least two rockets hit the heavily fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said. The incident took place at around 12 a.m. on Sunday when unknown militants fired the rockets at the zone, which houses some of the main Iraqi government offices and the US embassy, the official told […]

New Delhi: In Lockdown 2.0 beginning Wednesday, Ministers as well as states will now combat the COVID-19 crisis by marking the areas as Red, Orange and Green zones. These zones will be declared as per the number of coronavirus-affected persons. Sources indicated that a consolidated report submitted to the Prime Minister’s Office from the Home […]

Bhubaneswar: With the Centre extending the nationwide lockdown for two more weeks, relaxations will be granted to districts based on their risk profile. The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare today came up with a fresh list of COVID-19 hot pockets, distinctly categorising them as Red, Orange and Green Zones for a focused management of […]

New Delhi: With the government easing restrictions in select zones across the country from May 4 amid lockdown 3.0, Ola and Uber on Monday announced to resume their operations in green and orange zones across India. Uber will provide rides in green zones like Daman, Kochi, Guwahati and more places while it will provide rides […]

Bhubaneswar: The All Odisha Private Bus Owners’ Association today decided not to ply buses in the Green Zones citing that it will be unprofitable and unfeasible to operate with 50 per cent seat occupancy as stipulated by the COVID19 lockdown guidelines. Clarifying its stance, treasurer of the association, Barada Acharya said though Odisha government was […]

Bhubaneswar: With the rise in the influx of migrant workforce from other States to Odisha amid the nationwide lockdown, the scourge of COVID-19 seems to be getting steeper in some districts like Ganjam which has been declared a Red Zone. While the State on Thursday reported its highest single-day spike in COVID-19 positive cases as […]

Berhampur: Ganjam district, which had turned into a COVID-19 hotspot in Odisha, is now showing signs of flattening the curve. Nearly 85 % of rural pockets are now in green zone, informed district Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange on Friday. Addressing a presser, the Ganjam Collector informed that due to the cumulative efforts there has been […]