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In "The outrage in Chattisgarh" (Editorial, March 17, 2007), it was stated that the tribal population in the State is 32.5 per cent of the total population. A reader wondered whether this was right as census 2001 quotes the figure of Scheduled Tribes as 31.8 per cent. (The population of Chattisgarh is notable for the high proportion of Scheduled Tribes.) The figure quoted in the editorial is from the official website of Chattisgarh State.

The last paragraph in a report "[Special Public Prosecutor] SPP in bus burning case retained" (Tamil Nadu, March 27, 2007, page 7) was: "Three girl students of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University were burnt alive when a mob set afire their college near Dharmapuri on February 2, 2000, following the conviction of AIADMK leader Jayalalithaa in the Kodaikanal Pleasant Stay Hotel case." It should have been "when a mob set afire their college bus".

In a report "Big bird in American skies" (March 20, 2007), on the Airbus A380, the biggest passenger plane, completing its maiden flight to the U.S., it was stated that the Concorde was the world's first and only commercial supersonic transport aircraft. On December 31, 1968, two months before the Concorde, the Russian-built Tupolev Tu-144, nicknamed Concordski by the West, became the world's first supersonic commercial plane to fly. The first flight lasted 38 minutes and flew at subsonic speeds. In June 1978, the aircraft was withdrawn from service after a second crash. In total, 16 Tu-144 planes were built, with a few fitted out for passenger flights. The Concorde was the more successful of the two aircraft to have operated commercially.

A cricket report "Red-letter day for Bangladesh" ("Sport", March 27, 2007) incorrectly mentioned that Bermuda fast bowler Kevin Hurdle bowled three wides and over-stepped seven times in his four-over spell. Hurdle actually bowled seven wides and over-stepped thrice, as mentioned in the scoreboard.

Clue 21 Down in The Hindu Crossword 8863 (March 17, 2007) was "Relating to the sense of touch (7)" The solution (March 19, 2007) was "Tactual", leading to a query. The solution is right. "Tactual" (adjective) is that relating to or derived from the sense of touch. The noun form is "tactuality".

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