New Delhi: Indian National Congress MP Shashi Tharoor who is often known for his wordsmith skills on Monday admitted that he had made a typing error after a user pointed out his “typo”.

Tharoor who is an MP from Thiruvananthapuram often sends the internet into a tizzy by using rare and uncommon words in English.

In an unusual scenario on Monday, Tharoor made a typing error in his tweet while he was praising star Indian batsman Virat Kohli for his splendid knock against arch-rivals Pakistan on Sunday at the MCG.

“And this man is both genius & authetic hero! Utterly awesome” Tharoor wrote in his tweet tagging Virat Kohli.

A user Dr. Deepti Ruth Azariah was quick to point out the error to Tharoor. She was, however, confused and wrote “Was surprised, thinking I'd spotted a typo in a @ShashiTharoor tweet, but "authetic" is a real word and makes sense in this context.”

Tharoor however admitted that it was indeed a “typo” and that he meant to write ‘authentic’ in the tweet accidentally tying “authentic” instead.

Some of the users lauded Tharoor for admitting the mistake while also adding only he can confuse people even with typing errors and make them believe that it could mean something.

They also added that it was one of those rare occasions when Tharoor can end up making mistakes while writing a tweet in English.

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Itanagar (PTI): Eleven more bodies were retrieved on Saturday from the deep gorge in Arunachal Pradesh's Anjaw district, where a mini-truck on which 22 labourers from Assam were travelling fell, an official said.

With this, 17 bodies have been recovered from the accident site, Anjaw's deputy commissioner Milo Kojin said.

He said three more bodies will be brought out on Sunday.

The operation, being conducted by a joint team of the NDRF and Army, resumed at 6 am.

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"The retrieval process was extremely difficult because of the treacherous terrain, and the gorge is very deep," Kojin said.

The operation was suspended around 4 pm due to low visibility and will be resumed on Sunday morning, he said.

"One person is still missing, and a search operation will be carried out tomorrow," he added.

The accident happened on the evening of December 8, around 40 km from Hayuliang towards Chaglagam in the district. On the evening of December 10, one survivor managed to climb out of the gorge and reach a nearby Border Roads Task Force (BRTF) labour camp, following which the authorities were alerted.

Six bodies were recovered from the gorge on Friday and handed over to their families on Saturday.