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LASIK eye surgery has long been promoted as a life-changing solution for individuals who are tired of wearing glasses or contact lenses. But a growing chorus of voices, including from within the medical community, is raising concerns about its long-term safety.Dr Cynthia MacKay, an eye surgeon at Columbia University, is one of those sounding the alarm. In a recent podcast appearance, where she was seen in conversation with YouTuber Alex Clark, she claimed that LASIK doesn’t necessarily help people see better — in fact, it can leave them worse off.  Dr Mackay said, “The FDA is not taking care of…

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president and MLC Mahesh Kumar Goud called on Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy at the CM’s residence in Jubilee Hills on Tuesday.Mr. Goud discussed the date and agenda for the upcoming TPCC Political Affairs Committee (PAC) meeting, which is likely to finalise the date for announcement of the local body poll dates. Sources said they also discussed the pending appointments to various posts, including directors of corporations, boards, and commissions. The meeting focused on the latest developments following the BC reservation dharna in Delhi and discussed the roadmap for implementing 42% reservations in the State.…

Perplexity AI said it has made a $34.5 billion unsolicited all-cash offer for Alphabet’s Chrome browser, a low but bold bid that would need financing well above the startup’s own valuation.ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO Run by Aravind Srinivas, Perplexity is no stranger to headline-grabbing offers – it made a similar one for TikTok US in January, offering to merge with the popular short-video app to resolve US concerns about TikTok’s Chinese ownership. Buying Chrome would allow the startup to tap the browser’s more than three billion users for an edge in the AI search race as regulatory pressure threatens Google’s…

These days, everyone in Charleston, South Carolina—from local chefs and artists to fashion designers and environmentalists—is looking to the past to write its next chapter. An exciting vanguard of restaurants are building on the city’s famed culinary heritage with menus that reflect Charleston’s increasingly multicultural population. Cultural preservationists and curators are shining a light on forgotten Black American histories. Grassroots organizations are designing new parks and gardens while finding fresh ways to care for the land in the era of climate change. And in this hotel-mad town, a crop of stylish new properties have upped the ante. There’s never been…

Internally Displaced People, who fled from their homes due to security forces launched a targeted operation against militants, walk at a camp set up in a sports complex in Khar, the main town of Bajaur, a northwestern Pakistani district bordering Afghanistan, on August 12, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Pakistani security forces have launched a “targeted operation” against militants in a restive northwestern district bordering Afghanistan, displacing tens of thousands of residents who have fled to safer areas, officials said Tuesday (August 12, 2025).There was no formal announcement of the launch of the offensive in Bajaur, a former stronghold of…

NewsFeed“Stop the killing of our spouses.” The widow of slain Al Jazeera journalist Mohammed Qreiqeh says he was a kind, loving father and husband before he was assassinated by Israeli forces to silence his coverage on the Gaza war.Published On 12 Aug 202512 Aug 2025

NewsFeedBefore his murder by Israeli forces in Gaza, Al Jazeera reporter Anas al-Sharif wrote a final message to be shared with the world in the event of his death. These are his words, narrated by a Palestinian colleague.Published On 12 Aug 202512 Aug 2025

Former Reserve Bank of India Governor DUVVURI SUBBARAO says high tariffs proposed by US President Donald Trump on labour-intensive exports such as textiles and gems will deepen the jobless growth problem since a 50 per cent US tariff threatens exports worth around 2 per cent of GDP. In a conversation with The Indian Express, he says the potential growth hit could be 20-50 basis points in a year, after the extent of diversion and adjustment.Subbarao, who also served as the Finance Secretary of India, warns that for India, “being labelled a ‘dead’ economy by a US president carries reputational costs.”…

Americans have long considered cheating one of the worst things you can do to another person that doesn’t end in jail time.We witnessed the ire that messing around incites second and third hand in July, when a kiss cam caught the now-infamous Coldplay CEO (not his legal name) and his fellow Coldplay-loving coworker canoodling during a concert at Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts. After being spotted, the pair quickly separated and ducked, leaving frontman Chris Martin to speculate that they were having an affair. The video quickly became national news, with sleuths revealing the people’s real names (Andy Byron and Kristin…

The controversial world of gene-edited babies, and some companies’ recent quests to push the technology forward. jm1366/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption jm1366/Getty Images A Chinese scientist, He Jiankui, made a shocking announcement to the world in 2018: He had secretly engineered the birth of the first gene-edited babies. The birth of the twins was seen as reckless and unethical by the scientific community. That’s because, among other things, the CRISPR gene-editing technique Jiankui used was so new. NPR science correspondent Rob Stein has been following the controversial world of gene-editing and human reproduction, including some companies’ recent quests to…