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Indian govt uses stock photo of Nepal in 'Incredible India' ad
By News Desk
Published: August 17, 2016
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Nepalis began calling out the Indian government for using an image of mountain range which is actually in Nepal PHOTO: Rajesh Shrestha/Facebook
The Indian government was left red faced after it turned out that a poster used in an ‘Incredible India’ campaign had an image of the Annapurna mountain range in Pokhara, Nepal.
The news of the image being incorrectly used by the Indian government first became known when a Nepali man, Rajesh Shrestha, posted on his Facebook account on Monday with the caption, “This is a sign in front of Indian embassy in Warsaw. Guess, we Nepalese really have to teach Indian government some geography. Since when Annapurna range is located in India??”
Google Maps shows Azad Kashmir as Indian territory in latest gaffe
Soon, Nepalis began calling out the Indian government for using the image which is actually a stock photo on the website Shutterstock, filed under ‘Young woman is practicing yoga against Himalaya mountains.’
The poster appears to have been around since last year and the photo in the tweet below shows the Indian ambassador to Poland posing with Amitabh Kant, the man behind the country’s ‘Incredible India’ campaign.
Soon, Nepalis began calling out the Indian government for using the image which is actually a stock photo on the website Shutterstock, filed under ‘Young woman is practicing yoga against Himalaya mountains.’
The poster appears to have been around since last year and the photo in the tweet below shows the Indian ambassador to Poland posing with Amitabh Kant, the man behind the country’s ‘Incredible India’ campaign.
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Hello India,
This pix outside your embassy in Warsaw is, um, from my hometown in NEPAL.
cc: @MEAIndia/@Ajaybis
12:49 PM - 16 Aug 2016
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is this legit? Apparently Indian Embassy in Poland is advertising "incredible india" using images from Nepal
6:51 AM - 16 Aug 2016
Indian ambassador to Poland, Ajay Bisaria, soon took to Twitter to apologise for the mistake, clarifying the image was provided by an outsourced company. The poster has now been removed.
This article originally appeared on BuzzFeed.
By News Desk
Published: August 17, 2016
2SHARES
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Nepalis began calling out the Indian government for using an image of mountain range which is actually in Nepal PHOTO: Rajesh Shrestha/Facebook
The Indian government was left red faced after it turned out that a poster used in an ‘Incredible India’ campaign had an image of the Annapurna mountain range in Pokhara, Nepal.
The news of the image being incorrectly used by the Indian government first became known when a Nepali man, Rajesh Shrestha, posted on his Facebook account on Monday with the caption, “This is a sign in front of Indian embassy in Warsaw. Guess, we Nepalese really have to teach Indian government some geography. Since when Annapurna range is located in India??”
Google Maps shows Azad Kashmir as Indian territory in latest gaffe
Soon, Nepalis began calling out the Indian government for using the image which is actually a stock photo on the website Shutterstock, filed under ‘Young woman is practicing yoga against Himalaya mountains.’
The poster appears to have been around since last year and the photo in the tweet below shows the Indian ambassador to Poland posing with Amitabh Kant, the man behind the country’s ‘Incredible India’ campaign.
Soon, Nepalis began calling out the Indian government for using the image which is actually a stock photo on the website Shutterstock, filed under ‘Young woman is practicing yoga against Himalaya mountains.’
The poster appears to have been around since last year and the photo in the tweet below shows the Indian ambassador to Poland posing with Amitabh Kant, the man behind the country’s ‘Incredible India’ campaign.
Follow
Anup Kaphle
✔@AnupKaphle
Hello India,
This pix outside your embassy in Warsaw is, um, from my hometown in NEPAL.
cc: @MEAIndia/@Ajaybis
12:49 PM - 16 Aug 2016
View image on Twitter
Follow
Shashank Shrestha @shashankji
is this legit? Apparently Indian Embassy in Poland is advertising "incredible india" using images from Nepal
6:51 AM - 16 Aug 2016
Indian ambassador to Poland, Ajay Bisaria, soon took to Twitter to apologise for the mistake, clarifying the image was provided by an outsourced company. The poster has now been removed.
This article originally appeared on BuzzFeed.