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The picture caption accompanying the report titled “Pakke Tiger Reserve’s contingency workers go on strike” (some editions, June 10, 2021) erroneously said the Tiger Reserve is in Assam. It should hav

In the story titled “When Nehru wanted globe-trotter diplomats in print” (May 30, 2021), the name of the person appointed to the post of Officer on Special Duty (OSD) for promotion of Hindi in the wor

In the story titled “Pace of vaccination suggests complete immunisation unlikely by year end” (June 1, 2021), Dr. Chandrakant Lahariya, epidemiologist, had been wrongly referred to as former consultan

Corrections and clarifications — May 5, 2021 May 05, 2021 00:02 IST Updated: May 05, 2021 00:02 IST Updated: Share Article AAA The graphic relating to Tamil Nadu Assembly election results (some editions, May 4, 2021) had given “ ring” as the party symbol of VCK (Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi). VCK had actually contested in the “ pot” symbol. In the front-page graphic titled “Regional parties dominate” (early editions, May 3, 2021) had given the alliance-wise break-up pertaining t...

In a story titled “Rema scripts historic victory in Vadakara” (some editions, May 3, 2021) it was erroneously stated that “... this is also the maiden electoral victory for any UDF-backed candidate fr

In the reports titled “Indian ‘double mutant’ strain named B.1.617” (April 9, 2021) and “Covishield protects against double mutant: study” (April 24, 2021), one of the mutations found in the double mu

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

Corrections and clarifications — April 6, 2021 April 06, 2021 00:02 IST Updated: April 06, 2021 00:02 IST Updated: Share Article AAA In a Science & Technology page story titled “How Asian desert dust enhances Indian summer monsoon” (April 4, 2021), the reference to the use of carbon model to simulate the impact of anthropogenic aerosols should be corrected to say climate model. Also, the reference to the study of the minor components of desert dust aerosols should have been mineral com...

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...