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A headline published on February 7 reported that scientists had released anthrax on the Northern Line. In fact, it was B globigii, a different bacterium from the same family.

BBC News By Geeta Pandey image captionMandira Bedi performed husband Raj Kaushals funeral rites Indian actress and TV presenter Mandira Bedi recently hit the headlines for performing her husbands last rites. Cremations are traditionally done by men, and women are often discouraged from even attending. But where does this belief come from and what do Hindu scriptures say about it? With a clay pot containing holy water in one hand and holding up the bier - a bamboo frame - carrying the body of R...

An article on May 27 wrongly suggested that private equity company Terra Firma ran Four Seasons Health Care until December 2019. In fact, FSHC has been under the control of its bond holders since November 2017.  Terra Firma has asked us to clarify that it halved FSHCs debt on acquisition, took no dividends and ultimately wrote off what it was owed; despite reduced fees and rising costs, 66% of its homes were rated good or outstanding.    To report an inaccuracy, please write to the Readers E...

The bitter relationship between the media and political parties in Andhra Pradesh has a long history.

How the Turkish media has been immersed into the quagmire of oppression The Media Line Staff About this Event Since the end of the Cold War, and the deregulation of the media three decades ago, the story of Turkish journalism – both conventional and online – has been characterised by a pitched battle for freedom, independence and pluralism. The Turkish media has rocked and reeled from an endless series of restrictive, punitive legislation, trials and imprisonment of journalists, the weake...

An article published on 26 February 2021 briefly carried the headline

To encourage critical enquiry, journalism must constantly remind citizens of the troubled past and difficult battles

Interview: AS Panneerselvan on Tamil politics and the disadvantages faced by regional parties The author of a new biography of M Karunanidhi talks about the complexities in negotiating with a homogenising Centre. The Hindu’s Readers’ Editor and the author of Karunanidhi: A Life, a recent biography of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, who led the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam for half a century till his death in August 2018. While the book is presented as a biography of a politi...

An article on November 21 about the governments use of Covid statistics included a graph headlined fatalities are barely any higher which compared weekly 2020 deaths up to week 44 against the minimum and maximum weekly deaths over the past five years adjusted for population growth. In fact, the figures n were also adjusted for demographic changes. As the article made clear, according to ONS data, deaths in week 45 were 11,812 which was 14.3 per cent, or 1,481 deaths higher, than the five-year a...

Who pays the piper Updated: Updated: There is no clientelist relationship between the management and the Readers’ Editor Share Article There is no clientelist relationship between the management and the Readers’ Editor Last Wednesday, a Chennai-based reader, M.D. Menon, came up with an interesting proposal regarding my salary as the Readers’ Editor. He felt that half my salary should be paid by the readers or at least a group of readers who want the institution of the Readers’ Editor a...