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Fruit and vegetable prices have shot up across Pakistan after flooding destroyed crops and disrupted supplies. Flash floods have washed away roads, buildings and bridges, killing at least 1,100 people so far in the country’s worst flooding in three decades. Damage to homes and infrastructure could cost more than $10 billion, the country's planning minister said on Monday. Losses to the country's key farming sector have yet to be fully assessed. In the eastern city of Lahore, close to the border with India and far from the worst floods in Sindh province, the prices of some vegetables have tripled. The Pakistani government sets prices for some fresh produce — but traders often ignore them. “Last week, I sold onions for 90 rupees a kilogram and today the government price is 300 per kg,” said vegetable seller Ahmad Ali. Read More : https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/2022/09/01/vegetable-prices-increase-as-flood-hit-pakistan-faces-food-crisis/

  India’s Narcotics Control Bureau arrested Aryan Khan and seven others on a cruise ship last October Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s son was cleared of drug charges on Friday, India’s Narcotics Control Bureau said, because of “ lack of sufficient evidence” . Aryan Khan, 24, and seven others were arrested by the bureau in October last year on a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast. He spent 22 days in a cell in Mumbai’s Arthur Road Jail before being released on bail. But after eight months of investigation, the anti-drugs agency named 14 people in a 6,000-page charge sheet. Mr Khan was not included in the filing. “Based on the investigation carried out by the Special Investigation Team, a complaint against 14 persons is filed. Complaint against six others is not being filed due to lack of sufficient evidence,” the bureau said, without naming Mr Khan. But Mr Khan’s lawyer Mukul Rohatgi confirmed that his client was among those who have not been named in the charge sheet and sa...