This World Cup has found a new star. Someone who has messed with Messi and closed the doors on Klose’s face sitting pretty in a glassed enclosure away from the bustling football stadiums of South Africa.

Paul, the oracle octopus has emerged a hero (or a villain, depending on which side you are) accurately predicting (almost) the outcomes of different matches Germany has played. Though the celebrity octopus carried itself with aplomb, it triggered fierce debates on social networking forums.

The education system, the media environment, the social setting fail to instill in people scientific inquiry but, instead promote superstitions and archaic beliefs and attitudes. The Octopus is named as psychic Octopus. There is no evidence to support or even suggest that an Octopus has intelligence to predict something.  The danger now is the football player may stop seriously practicing sport and concentrate on worshipping Octopus.  The madness will not end here many more Pauls’ will join the game. Not just the Football it will infect even other popular sports like Tennis, cricket,etc. The vested interests will always be the ready to capitalize on such popular unscientific superstitious beliefs. The politicians, the stock market, etc., would soon adopt this phenomenon .The speculative force in the Stock market  would further this phenomenon.  Octopus join the bulls and bears.

Pressing for UN Security Council reforms, India has suggested a compromise solution on the tricky issue of what kind of Veto power the new permanent members should hold.

The G-4 Brazil, Germany, India and Japan hold the view that the new permanent members should have the same responsibilities and obligations as the current permanent members the US, the UK, Russia, France and China.

However, the new permanent members will hold off wielding the Veto power for fifteen years after the reforms come into place.