Published 01:20 IST, December 1st 2018

Argentinians apologise to India, praise PM Modi after one of their channels uses Apu from the Simpsons to describe his G-20 Summit arrival

An Argentine TV channel has provoked outrage and a subsequent bout of collective apologies online by using Apu from the Simpsons to depict PM Modi's arrival in the South American nation for the G-20 Summit.

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An Argentine TV channel has provoked outr and a subsequent bout of collective apologies online by using Apu from Simpsons to depict PM Modi's arrival in South American nation for G-20 Summit.

Cronica TV, one of Argentina's most popular news channels with an accounted history for bizarre, showed a side-by-side of Indian convenience store-owner character in iconic and long-running American sitcom with visuals of Air India One carrying Prime Minister landing in Bues Aires. line below re "Llego Apu" which translates to "Apu arrives".

A Twitter post with visual (seemingly by channel's operator) has gone viral online, resulting in it receiving considerable flak. Many Argentineans have also apologised on channel's behalf to India and Indians:

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Prime Minister spoke at a 'Yoga for Peace' event, met UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Saudi Crown Prince MbS and is scheduled to hold a trilateral with Japan's Shinzo Abe and US President Donald Trump, apart from attending G-20 Summit.

01:02 IST, December 1st 2018