Amazon sorry over India flag doormat fiasco


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DATE: Jan. 13, 2017, 11 a.m.

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  1. Online retailer Amazon has apologised for selling doormats featuring the Indian flag on its Canadian website.
  2. Amazon removed the product from its website on Wednesday, and apologised the following day after Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj's strong criticism of the firm.
  3. Ms Swaraj had tweeted that India would rescind current visas for Amazon officials if it failed to apologise.
  4. Desecration of the flag is punishable with fines and imprisonment in India.

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