>>The Business page news analysis on petrol becoming more expensive as a consequence of higher state taxes and central duties (Feb. 4, 2016) was erroneously headlined: “With aviation fuel costlier than petrol , it’s now cheaper to fly than ride a bike.” It should have been: “Fuel tax rates result in two-wheeler owners paying more per litre than airlines.”
>>The opening sentence of “Stepping up the fight” (Perspective page, Feb. 4, 2016) read: “ … a ten-fold variation in its [gastric cancer] occurrence across the world records four-six lakh cases in Africa, North America, western and northern Europe and Australia, 10-15 lakh cases in Central America and 30-35 lakh cases in eastern Asia.” The figures should have been four-six cases per lakh population, 10-15 cases per lakh population and 30-35 cases per lakh population respectively.
