Date:07/03/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/03/07/stories/2007030703081100.htm

Opinion - News Analysis

Corrections and Clarifications

Referring to a heading "Police raid rave party, 250 arrested" (March 5, 2007, page1), a reader points out that "rave" itself means a party; it is defined as "a large party for young people, with dancing to loud fast electronic music. Raves were popular in Britain in the late 1980s and 1990s and were often held illegally in large buildings or outdoors, with the police trying to prevent them. They were especially associated with the use of the drug ecstasy." The heading could have been "Police raid rave, 250 arrested". (This also applies to a report on March 6, 2007, page 1, where its heading was "Rave party, revellers, drugs, and aftermath".)

The heading of a report was "[Prime Minister] Manmohan, [President] Kalam condemn killing [of JMM MP Sunil Kumar Mahato]" (March 5, 2007). It was a breach of protocol. As listed in the order of precedence, the rank and precedence of the President is above that of the Prime Minister. The heading should have been "Kalam, Manmohan condemn killing".

The caption of a standalone AFP photograph ("International" page, March 5, 2007) was: "Note Of Pride: The two sides of the new 50,000 rial currency note which Iran is to issue marking the country's achievements in nuclear technology. It sports a picture of the nuclear insignia of electrons in orbit around an atom. On the front of the note is a picture of the Islamic republic's founder, the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, which according to the law, must be on all Iranian currency." A reader points out that electrons are but part of the atom, revolving around its nucleus, consisting of protons and neutrons. The caption should have been "electrons in orbit in an atom".

It is rigor mortis, and not rigour mortis, as was published in the feature "Objects with no objective" (The Hindu-Magazine, March 4, 2007, page 4).

Clue 22 Across (The Hindu Crossword 8852) was "What a doctor does before a journalist (9)" (March 5, 2007). The solution (March 6, 2007) was "Prescribe". A reader points out that the solution should have been "Prescribes", and not as published. Alternatively, the clue should have been modified to read as "What doctors do before a journalist", so as to retain the solution published.

In a report "Pakistan's plea to ICC" ("Sport", March 6, 2007), the names of the players quoted as replacement for Shoaib Akhtar and Mohd. Asif were incorrectly given by AP as Asif and Yasir Arafat. The names should have been Mohd. Sami and Arafat.

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