New Delhi: A 'disappointed' British Prime Minister David Cameron said that he would do 'everything he can' to 'encourage' India to reconsider its decision to acquire 126 French-made Rafale fighter jets instead of the UK-backed Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft. "The decision is obviously disappointing. Of course, I will do everything I can, as I have already, to encourage the Indians to look at Typhoon," he said. Manufacturers of the Eurofighter Typhoon...
09:49 AM, Feb 02, 2012
London: A "disappointed" British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday said he would do "everything he can" to "encourage" India to reconsider its decision to acquire 126 French-made Rafale fighter jets instead of the UK-backed Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft. "Of course, I will do everything I can, as I have already, to encourage the Indians to look at Typhoon," Cameron told Parliament, a day after India announced that it will opt...
09:24 PM, Feb 01, 2012
New Delhi: The winner of the multi-billion dollar deal to procure 126 combat planes for Indian Air Force is expected to be announced in two weeks time, the IAF Chief said in New Delhi on Tuesday. European EADS Eurofighter and Dasault Rafale are in the final race for Air Force's global tender to procure 126 Medium-Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA). "Right now we have to do the selection for who...
05:12 PM, Jan 17, 2012
Iligan: Philippine President Benigno Aquino ordered an investigation on Tuesday into flash floods and landslides that sent mud and logs crashing down on residents, killing about 1,000 people on a southern island. The national disaster agency said 957 were killed and 49 missing on Mindanao after Typhoon Washi triggered the slides. Most of the casualties were in the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan and tens of thousands remain...
02:04 AM, Dec 21, 2011
Cagayan De Oro: Rescuers searched for more than 800 people missing in the southern Philippines on Sunday after flash floods and landslides swept houses into rivers and out to sea, killing more than 650 people in areas ill-prepared to cope with storms. Cagayan de Oro and nearby Iligan cities on Mindanao island were worst hit when Typhoon Washi slammed ashore while people slept late on Friday and early Saturday, sending...
04:07 PM, Dec 18, 2011
Manila: Flash floods devastated a southern Philippines region unaccustomed to serious storms, killing at least 450 people while they slept, rousting hundreds of others to their rooftops and turning two coastal cities into muddy, debris-filled waterways that were strewn with overturned vehicles and toppled trees. With nearly 300 people missing, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and top military officials were to fly to the worst-hit city of Cagayan de Oro on...
07:38 AM, Dec 18, 2011
Cagayan de oro: More than 400 people have been killed and hundreds more were missing after a typhoon hit the southern Philippines, National Red Cross Secretary-General Gwendolyn Pang said on Saturday. She said in a text message to Reuters that the death toll of 426 was expected to rise due to flash floods and landslides that forced tens of thousands to flee from their homes. Typhoon Washi, with winds gusting...
04:18 PM, Dec 17, 2011
Manila, Philippines: Rescuers scrambled on Sunday to deliver food and water to hundreds of villagers stuck on rooftops for days because of flooding in the northern Philippines, where back-to-back typhoons have left at least 59 people dead. Typhoon Nalgae slammed ashore in northeastern Isabela province on Saturday, then barreled across the main island of Luzon's mountainous north and agricultural plains, which were still sodden from fierce rain and winds unleashed...
10:59 PM, Oct 02, 2011
Manila: Back-to-back typhoons left at least 55 people dead and rescuers scrambling on Sunday to deliver food and water to hundreds of villagers stuck on rooftops for four days because of flooding in the northern Philippines. Typhoon Nalgae slammed ashore in northeastern Isabela province on Saturday then barreled across the main Luzon Island's mountainous north and agricultural plains that were still sodden from fierce rain and wind unleashed by a...
12:18 PM, Oct 02, 2011
Hong Kong: A powerful typhoon arrived in southern China on Thursday after skirting Hong Kong and bringing death and widespread flooding to the Philippines earlier this week. Typhoon Nesat made landfall on the eastern tip of China's Hainan island at 2:30 pm, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Hainan authorities closed schools, suspended ferry services and recalled fishing boats as the storm made its way across the South China Sea...
03:58 PM, Sep 29, 2011
Manila: Typhoon Nesat crossed the Philippines' main island late on Tuesday, leaving behind at least seven dead after it lashed crop-growing provinces and brought the capital to a near standstill as it flooded roads and villages and cut power supplies. Among the dead following the typhoon was a 22-month-old boy, and four others were missing, the disaster agency said. Crop damage in the northern Cagayan Valley area may begin to...
02:40 AM, Sep 28, 2011
Manila: Manila residents waded through waist-deep floodwaters, dodging branches and flying debris on Tuesday as a powerful typhoon sent surging waves as tall as palm trees crashing over seawalls and submerging entire neighbourhoods. At least seven people were killed, most of them in metropolitan Manila, which already was soaked by heavy monsoon rains ahead of Typhoon Nesat's arrival and where the old town areas by the bay suffered their worst...
02:18 PM, Sep 27, 2011
Tokyo: More than a million people in the central Japan city of Nagoya were advised to evacuate on Tuesday as typhoon Roke approached the country, bringing heavy rain. The major city in the industrial prefecture of Aichi issued evacuation advisories for about 1.1 million due to the possibility of rivers overflowing, and later strengthened its warnings against floods and landslides, and urged about 80,000 residents to evacuate. The eye of...
04:56 PM, Sep 20, 2011
Tokyo: Heavy rains and mudslides from powerful Typhoon Talas killed at least 15 people in Japan as the storm moved northward past the country on Sunday. At least 43 others are missing, local media said. Evacuation orders and advisories have been issued to 460,000 people in western and central Japan, Kyodo News agency reported. NHK TV footage showed a bridge that had been swept away after intense rainfall, which caused...
04:18 PM, Sep 04, 2011
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