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Kenya’s Anti-Counterfeit Authority is leading an ongoing multi-agency operation targeting suspected counterfeit alcoholic drinks in Makindu, Makueni County. The authority said enforcement teams had seized some beverages, with police and local security officials supporting the operation.
Mumbai Port Authority invited domestic and international bidders for the Viksit Bharat Mumbai Marina at Victoria Dock. India’s Press Information Bureau said the tender uses a 45-year design-build-finance-operate-transfer concession and gives the project an estimated cost of ₹922.67 crore.
NASA Goddard researchers developed CASALS, a lidar instrument that uses laser wavelengths to scan a continuous ground swath without moving mirrors. An airborne prototype produced science-quality data in 2024 at 22-centimeter horizontal resolution.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration approved an amended type certificate for Boeing’s 737-10. Boeing said on October 20 that the decision clears the largest 737 MAX model to begin deliveries in the coming months.
An ECB analysis dated 20 October put euro area food inflation at 1.3% in September. It said energy costs and extreme weather could create new pressure as the effects of earlier favourable harvests and commodity prices fade.
Ethiopia’s agriculture ministry announced the launch of CALM II in Addis Ababa on October 20. The programme is designed to link natural-resource conservation with rural livelihoods and climate resilience.
NASA said Sierra Lobo will provide the power-conversion system for the nuclear power module of Space Reactor-1 Freedom. The closed Brayton cycle system will convert heat from the fission reactor into electricity for the spacecraft’s systems and electric propulsion.
UN-Habitat, Aleppo Governorate and Alwaleed Philanthropies say they repaired a main transmission pipeline and household connections serving eastern neighborhoods.
An ECB Occasional Paper estimates materially higher regulatory costs for unsecured interbank lending than for repo transactions backed by high-quality collateral, which may influence how banks redistribute reserves.
The Philippine Department of Agriculture opened four modular cold stores powered by renewable energy and a slaughterhouse in Camarines Sur. The San Jose slaughterhouse cost 51.5 million pesos; the department said the facilities and other farm support would benefit more than 10,762 producers across 10 towns.
The EPA announced a $109 million loan for a planned Oahu desalination facility designed to add 1.7 million gallons of drinking water a day. The project would provide another source for central Oahu and reduce pressure on groundwater.
Two public funds will support 74 projects to repair places of worship and at-risk heritage buildings in England.
