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Corrections and clarifications

A report “Antennae turn to Chandrayaan” (October 22, 2008) stated that “within 19 minutes of its launch the spacecraft separates completely from the launch vehicle and begins its independent orbital life”, while an article “‘Once Chandrayaan goes near the moon, we will be there to track it’” (Op-Ed, October 22, 2008) said that Chandrayaan-1 will be injected into its first orbit around the earth in just 17 minutes. The Science Correspondent clarifies that the figure of 17 minutes was only a nominal figure that he had gathered earlier. Closer to the launch it must have been changed to 19 minutes as the data after the launch says that the separation occurred at about 19 minutes.

An article “‘Once Chandrayaan goes near the moon, we will be there to track it’” (Op-Ed, October 22, 2008) began as saying that the expected launch of Chandrayaan would be on Tuesday. It was an editing error. The launch was on Wednesday.

A pointer in the accompanying infobox of a report “Advani promised Telangana bill: Goud” (October 22, 2008) was “NDA convenor George Fernandes and JD(U) leader Ajit Singh are also agreeable to Telangana.” It should have been “NDA convenor and senior JD (U) leader George Fernandes and Rashtriya Lok Dal president Ajit Singh”, as mentioned in the text.

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