33330 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/exercise-bahubali-iaf-demonstrates-its-strategic-airlift-capability-118121801041_1.htmlSignalling the coming of age of India’s strategic airlift capability, the Indian Air Force (IAF) mounted an unprecedented airlift in which its transport aircraft fleet airlifted almost 500 tonnes of equipment to Ladakh in one coordinated operation on Tuesday morning. It was called Exercise Bahubali.Tue, 18 Dec 2018 21:24:00 +0100business-standard-12a4812040d77fa29c9bea53e58aa3e220181218212400https://phys.org/news/2018-12-indonesia-soputan-volcano-erupts-ejecting.htmlMount Soputan, located on the northern part of Sulawesi island, erupted twice Sunday morning, according to the national disaster agency's spokesman, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho. He said in anticipation of hot ash and lava sliding down the slope of the volcano, local residents have been urged to avoid activities near the volcano.Tue, 18 Dec 2018 16:09:00 +0100phys-bc4e59378c22ffc11f0b1489f3f9281b20181218160900https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/10/12/2059Abstract The fine resolution of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images enables the rapid detection of severely damaged areas in the case of natural disasters. Developing an optimal model for detecting damage in multitemporal SAR intensity images has been a focus of research.Tue, 18 Dec 2018 15:28:00 +0100mdpi-bcf8303d05a51f929fdea36ac7b888f420181218152800https://www.marketscreener.com/AIR-PARTNER-PLC-33634927/news/Air-Partner-uses-its-expertise-to-assist-with-numerous-humanitarian-aid-missions-in-2018-27768975/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=20181218- 18 Dec 2018. Air Partner's Freight team have been extremely busy in 2018, delivering relief goods and humanitarian aid to those in need across the globe. Missions included flights between Europe and Libya, Yemen, Central Africa, as well as between various African countries and from the US to the Mariana Islands in the Pacific.Tue, 18 Dec 2018 14:38:00 +01004-traders-dcb825b6f8aa4ebac6467d3a753aa81e20181218143800