Trump or Clinton? Chanakya Says Trump!
With the Us elections already underway and every political pundit worth his salt throwing their weight on either of the candidates, here is one such psephologist who is creating waves with his prediction…literally!
Chanakya is a fish who lives in a fish tank at the Indian Community Welfare Organisation (ICWO), an NGO in Chennai. He exercises his expertise by swimming up to the top of the fish tank and picking one of the two choices that are given to him by way of feed sticks, that are lowered into his tank. Each feedstick represents one candidate and the feedstick that Chanakya picks is to be the winner.
Just like the Chinese monkey king ‘Geda’ did a week ago, Chanakya too picked Trump!
The Chinese monkey too picked TrumpChanakya is being likened to Paul the octopus who had made predictions at the FIFA World Cup in 2010. Chankaya is said to have got all the eight matches from the World Cup football right.
Supporters of Hillary Clinton may however take some solace in the fact that Chanakya had been wrong before, more than once.
It picked a wrong winner in the World Cup cricket finals where it predicted India to win the cup, which however went to Australia.
An awareness gimmickThe NGO says that they use world events to bring awareness on social themes such as AIDS, wildlife protection and child labour. This time they are using the US elections to bring focus on malaria which is responsible for more than 2.7 million deaths every year around the world, mostly children.
Liveblog Updates:
A woman was killed and four other civilians were injured in Uri in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district as the Pakistan army intensified artillery fire across the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir, officials said, adding that a large number of houses have also been damaged in the cross-border shelling.
Reports state that a Pakistani shell struck the vehicle the woman was traveling in, resulting in her death. The woman was identified as Nargis Bashir, and some of her family members had boarded a vehicle to flee from the Razarwani village in Uri that was hit by the mortar and artillery shells from Pakistan.
In an attempt to educate and make people aware about the consequences of war amid Pakistan's continuous firing in the border states, the Delhi government did a mock drill to test air raid sirens installed at the Public Works Department (PWD) at ITO and asked people to not react out of panic.
District Magistrate (Central) G. Sudhakar also urged people to remain calm and not be alarmed when they hear the sirens.
At least twice, sirens sounded during the drill, which started at 3 pm.
PWD Minister Parvesh Verma said 40-50 more such sirens will be installed across the national capital, each of which will cover an area of 8 km.
Residents present in Rajouri along the Line of Control have started moving to safer areas after heavy cross-border shelling and attempted drone and missile attacks last night by Pakistan. All drone and missile attacks were intercepted and foiled by India's air defence system.
#WATCH | J&K | Residents of Rajouri living along the LOC have started moving to safer areas after heavy cross-border shelling and attempted drone and missile attacks last night by Pakistan.
— ANI (@ANI) May 9, 2025
All drone and missile attacks were intercepted by India's air defence system and foiled,… pic.twitter.com/XITK0CsejT
Pakistan has claimed that its Economic Affairs Division account on social media has been hacked and called the post where it appealed for more loans from the international community owing to losses from Operation Sindoor "fake."
In a post on X, Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Fact Checker shared a picture of the post and mentioned that it was "fake." Additionally, it asserted that the account had undergone hacking.
A missile-like object is found deep inside the Dal Lake after loud explosions were heard on Saturday morning in Srinagar, which is a major tourist attraction. The defense ministry also confirms that Pakistan has intruded into Srinagar's airspace in a press release.
Since the early hours of Saturday morning (10th May), Srinagar has been rocked with multiple explosions, and now electricity is taken off in various places across Kashmir. The reason for this is yet to be determined, as reports indicate multiple places in Kashmir have lost power. The Indian Army released a statement after the press briefing, where they mentioned that they have attacked and neutralized multiple terrorist launchpads in a coordinated fire assault, razing them to cinders.