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Corrections and clarifications

* In "Who is perpetuating reservation in jobs?" (Editorial page, July 7, 2006), at the end of the article, Sharad Yadav's qualifications are listed as "... He was educated to be an electrical engineer ". A reader wants this clarified. Mr. Yadav is a BSc and BE (Electrical) from Jabalpur University (Madhya Pradesh). In the same article, another reader points out that the subheading "India Shawnee vs. Union of India" should have been "Indra Sawhney vs. Union of India".

* In the report "Ruling party plays down Musharraf's `ready to call it quits' statement" (July 7, 2006), a sentence was: "`Don't read too much into it,' Railway Minister and former Information Minister, Mushahaid Hussain, told journalists." A reader has doubts about this. Nirupama Subramanian clarifies: "Mr. Mushahid Hussain is wrongly referred to in the report as Railways Minister. He is the secretary-general of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (Qaid). He was Information Minister in Nawaz Sharif's cabinet."

* With reference to the report "Areas under Palakkad to come under Salem Railway Division" (July 7, 2006), a reader points out an error in the sentence "The Southern Railway has allotted an amount of Rs 70 crores for installing Anti-Collusion Device ... ." It is an "Anti-Collision Device (ACD)". The reader says ACD is "a self-acting microprocessor-based data communication equipment. When installed on locomotives (along with auto braking units), guard vans, stations and level crossing gates (both manned as well as unmanned), the network of ACD systems prevents high speed collisions in mid-sections, station areas and at level crossing gates."

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