Hyderabad, June 29 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's newly minted Seychelles honour has run into an embarrassing controversy after social media users spotted multiple spelling and typographical errors on the award citation and its accompanying seals.

Seychelles President Patrick Herminie conferred the "Guardian of the Blue Horizon" honour on Modi during his state visit to the island nation, with the distinction approved by the Seychelles cabinet only on June 24, just four days before the ceremony, making Modi its first-ever recipient. The honour recognised Modi's work on environmental conservation, the Blue Economy and support for Small Island Developing States.

However, the citation document quickly became a target of online mockery af...