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Monsoons and eye care: How to take best care of your eyes this monsoon season

What are most common eye ailments? And how to combat them? CNN-IBN is kicking off a new segment on eye care where our expert Dr Surbhit Choudhry will answer all your queries. If you are suffering from eye infections or have other issues with eye care, or have other queries, do write in to us and leave your questions right here.

Meet our expert: Dr Surbhit Choudhry, Retinologist

Dr Surbhit Choudhry is a Retinologist and Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon with a number of leading hospitals like Max Hospitals, Apollo Hospital, Noida, Eye Health Clinics, Noida, NMC Hospital.  

Is it time to consider privatising the Indian Railways?

Incessant delays, derailment, terror attacks, inability to deal with emergency-like situation - the state of affairs for the Railways in the recent past hasn't been a rosy one. Is it time to consider privatising the Railways in order to improve the overall standards of the services? Will the entry of private players help the Railways improve its level of efficiency and security? 

Jhargram attack: Why has the Government failed to contain the Naxal menace?

In an early morning attack, Naxals struck again in Jhargram in West Bengal. Thirteen coaches of the Mumbai-bound Howrah-Kurla Lokmanya Tilak Express were derailed and then hit by another goods train in Jhargram. Recent attacks show that the Naxals, increasingly, have started attacking civilians. Has the law and order machinery failed completely in the Naxal-infested states of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Andhra Pradesh? Should state police be given control to fight the Nxal menace instead of Central police forces? Why do you think the Govt has failed to contain the Naxal menace? 

Mumbai derailed: Who is to be blamed for the crisis?

Life in the Maximum City has come to a virtual standstill with local train services being affected after motormen, demanding a hike in salary and allowances, were on strike for 36 hours. Who, according to you, is to be blamed for the crisis? Tell us.  

Does brainstorming actually help in generating new ideas?

A new study says that brainstorming may not be the ideal route to take for generating unique and varied ideas. Researchers at the Texas A&M University have observed that brainstorming exercises can lead to fixation on only one idea or possibility, blocking out other ideas and possibilities. This, in turn, leads to conformity of ideas. Do you think brainstorming actually leads to innovative ideas?