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Today on The Stream: Cosmetic surgery and beauty tourism thrive in the age of social media, but the pursuit of perfection isn’t free.Under the glow of filters and flawless selfies, a growing number of people are reshaping their bodies to match online beauty ideals. This episode looks at how platforms like Instagram and TikTok, along with celebrity influence, are fuelling a global surge in cosmetic procedures. Why are so many heading overseas for treatments? We expose the risks behind the glossy advertisements, from botched surgeries to lasting health fallout.Presenter: Stefanie DekkerGuests:Dr Kelly Killeen – Plastic surgeonTatjana Freund – Beauty editorNatasha Ibrahim…

IN YET another shakeup within the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), party president Mayawati on Thursday appointed her nephew Akash Anand as the organisation’s national convenor.Just three months ago, Akash was made the party’s chief national coordinator. Sources in the party said this post has now been abolished. The party has made no formal announcement of the new post. The ambit of the two posts is the same. As national convenor, Akash will be executing the organisational responsibilities of managing party affairs across the country. But senior BSP leaders said this elevation could pave the way for a bigger responsibility soon.…

Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live Cricket Score, UAE T20I Tri-Series 2025: Two teams with contrasting bands of results since the last T20 World Cup and two teams sporting varying levels of strength in the format since their last meeting two years ago. For Pakistan, the forthcoming Asia Cup and their immediate fixtures, a preparatory lap against Afghanistan and the UAE in Sharjah, will be pivotal in lifting a transitioning side from a pit of impending crisis.With their limited-overs structures in tatters, the perennial mercurials, Pakistan, led by Salman Agha, will aim to make amends as the T20I caravan shifts to the…

Even as AI tools become more advanced and widely used at work, Indian professionals remain clear on one point – when it comes to big decisions, nothing replaces human judgement. According to LinkedIn’s latest research, as many as 83 per cent of Indian professionals believe instincts and trusted colleagues outweigh AI when making judgements.At the same time, 76 per cent say workplace decision-making has accelerated, and 72 per cent believe mastering AI is essential for their next career step. Rising expectations are clear. As many as 67 per cent of professionals say they feel overwhelmed by the pace at which…

United States President Donald Trump has announced that he will allow 600,000 Chinese students into US universities.His announcement on Monday, which marks a sharp departure from the Trump administration’s crackdown on Chinese students launched earlier this year, has caught his conservative base off guard.Here is more about what Trump is saying now, in contrast to what the administration has said in the past – and how some within his Make America Great Again (MAGA) support base are reacting.What has Trump announced about Chinese students?During a meeting on Monday at the Oval Office with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, reporters…

Microsoft’s blocking of services to Indian refiner Nayara Energy last month, after the European Union (EU) put it on a sanction list, happened due to an automated “legacy” compliance system, and the company has changed its enforcement mechanism since, including adding a review process by its senior leadership before suspending services to an entity, The Indian Express has learnt. The IT Ministry had sought Microsoft’s response on why it had suspended services to Nayara Energy, which resulted in its employees not being able to access their own data and communication channels. In a written submission to the ministry earlier this…

A scene from ‘Odum Kuthira Chaadum Kuthira’. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Towards the fag end of Odum Kuthira Chaadum Kuthira, when one character asks – “Do you sense any logic in this joke?”, it appears to be one last-ditch effort to convey the filmmaker’s intentions to the audience. Clearly, the film is set in an absurdist landscape. It is the kind of film in which the father of the protagonist, who has slipped into a coma, would say, ‘Till now, he was a question mark to us, now he has become a com(m)a’.But such jokes, which land, are few…

Your retina is essentially your brain, but it’s much more accessible because your pupil is just a hole, and we can see tons of stuff. All the cells are very similar, all the neurons are quite similar, all the immune cells are quite similar, and they behave similarly under pressure if you’ve got a disease, the lead researcher said |Image used for representational purpose only  | Photo Credit: File Photo Routine eye tests may reveal early signs of Alzheimer’s disease, well before symptoms appear, according to a study in mice that researchers said strengthens the case that one’s retina can…

Thailand’s suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, center, arrives at Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Aug. 29, 2025. Sakchai Lalit/AP hide caption toggle caption Sakchai Lalit/AP BANGKOK — Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Friday dismissed Paetongtarn Shinawatra from her position as prime minister, ruling that as the country’s leader she violated constitutional rules on ethics in a phone call with Cambodia’s Senate President Hun Sen. The ruling means she immediately loses her job, which she had held for about a year. Paetongtarn was suspended from her duties on July 1 when the court agreed to hear the case against her, and…

College football is back! The season kicks off in earnest on Saturday and, for the first time on an opening weekend, it features three top-10 matchups. Julio Cortez/AP hide caption toggle caption Julio Cortez/AP Never has a college football season opened with such high stakes: Three of this weekend’s games feature a matchup between two top-10 opponents, the most for an opening week in the sport’s history. There’s plenty to look forward to this year — including the most-hyped player of a generation taking the helm at one of the sport’s most historic programs — so long as you’re lucky…