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Corrections and clarifications

The third paragraph of a report “My heart skipped a beat or two, says Madhavan Nair” (November 9, 2008) was “With this manoeuvre, India becomes the fifth country to send a spacecraft to the Moon’s orbit”, leading to a reader saying it was sixth — the others being the United States, Russia, Japan, China and members of the European Space Agency (ESA). The Correspondent clarifies that India is indeed the fifth country. The ESA cannot be considered a country as it is a consortium of 17 countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

The third paragraph of a report “BJP’s second list of M.P. candidates” (November 4, 2008) said Kailash Vijayvargeeya, a Minister, will contest from Mau ….” The constituency is Mhow (a contraction of Military Headquarters of War) and a cantonment area. Mau is a district in Uttar Pradesh. The Special Correspondent also clarifies that the spelling mistake was made because the BJP’s list was in Hindi and it was, phonetically, Mau. The Delimitation Commission volumes give the name of the constituency as Ambedkar Nagar, Mhow.

The third paragraph in a report “‘Everything went exactly as planned, and on dot’” (November 9, 2008) said “… the ISRO release gave the nominal orbit parameters as 504 km perilune (the nearest point from the Moon’s surface) and 7,502 km apolune (the farthest point).” The accompanying graphic in a report “India’s Moon mission a big success” (November 9, 2008, page 1) gave it as periselene and aposelene. The Science Correspondent clarifies that both mean the same thing. The terminology is derived from Latin and Greek respectively. Luna, Latin for moon, is the moon goddess in Roman mythology, whereas selene is the moon deity in Greek mythology.

A report “Jindal Stainless Q2 loss at Rs. 69 crore” (“Business” page, October 31, 2008) incorrectly said (in the first paragraph) that the group is a Naveen Jindal owned company. The Special Correspondent says: The company clarifies that it is owned by Ratan Jindal.

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