Follow global economy, business, finance, energy, climate and public affairs through original sources, sourced data and context. (Page 230 of 425)
India’s food regulator has proposed banning added sucrose and fructose in products intended for infants up to six months, opening a draft amendment for public comment.
India’s food regulator has proposed maximum tea residue limits of 20 milligrams per kilogram for acetamiprid and 50 milligrams per kilogram for imidacloprid. The draft is subject to finalisation.
India’s Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) said it seized 137 kilograms gross of a substance suspected to be crystal methamphetamine in a coastal village in Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu. Four people were arrested.
IPMA said nine episodes between February and October brought the year’s heatwave-day total to 98.
Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority (DIEZ) reported that trade across its three economic zones reached AED246 billion in the first half of 2026, up 17% from the same period a year earlier. WAM published the report on 18 October; the measurement period is January–June 2026.
Sudan’s Finance Minister Jibril Ibrahim and the first deputy governor of the central bank met OFID President Abdulhamid Alkhalifa on October 18, Sudan News Agency reported. They discussed arrears owed by Sudan and steps needed to resume the fund’s development financing.
Sudan News Agency reported that Sennar State signed a contract on October 18 to build an agricultural produce market at Wad al-Nil. The agreement was made with the Sustainable Natural Resource Management and Livelihoods Programme and the state coordination unit; IFAD funds the programme.
Sudan News Agency reported that the White Nile State governor opened the sesame harvest in Jabalain on October 18. State officials said about 774,000 feddans had been planted there: 234,000 in sesame, 468,000 in sorghum, 23,000 in millet and 44,000 in groundnuts.
The Scottish Government says the cap will cover eligible single journeys on participating services in Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire from April 2027.
Scotland’s government says its new Scotland Together Fund will provide more than £30 million over three years from 2027/28 to grassroots groups working on poverty, disadvantage and racism.
The General Authority for Geological Research received a Swedish-made Terrameter LS2 on October 17, Sudan News Agency reported. It had been lost during the war and was handed by the person who found it to the manufacturer’s representative in Sudan.
Sudan News Agency reported that a financing portfolio worth about 35 billion Sudanese pounds was launched in Nile River State on October 17 with seven banks participating. It targets about 20,000 farmers and producers.
