Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi accepted the 'Guardian of the Blue Horizon' award during a state visit to Seychelles (an archipelago nation in the Indian Ocean), only for observers to discover the honour had been created just three days before his arrival, making him its sole recipient. The award's certificate, widely flagged as AI-generated, also contained spelling errors, including misspelling both 'republic' and 'Seychelles' itself, prompting the Seychelles foreign ministry to later clarify that a 'working draft' had been accidentally circulated. The episode has fuelled broader scrutiny of Modi's pattern of collecting foreign accolades — including a medal created by the Israeli parliament days before his visit last month and Ethiopia's Great Honour Nishan — with critics arguing the awards are engineered for domestic political effect, while his Bharatiya Janata party insists they reflect his growing international stature.