(Image source from: Doordarshan anchor sacked for mispronouncing Xi Jinping as “Eleven Jinping”})

Television bloopers aren't anything new and most often tend to pass the headlines. But when you happen to bungle the name of a visiting head of state wrong, especially when you are country's public broadcaster, embarrassment is inevitable.

The gaffe happened during a late night show on Wednesday. While anchoring the late night bulletin on DD News, an anchor mispronounced Chinese President Xi Jinping's name as 'Eleven' Jinping, confusing Xi with the Roman numerical eleven. We think she hadn't done her homework well and naturally the name didn't register in her mind.

The news anchor, a novice, was sacked following that. She was put on the show as the main anchors of DD refused to be a part of the late night broadcasts.

President Xi Jinping, who is on a three-day visit bi-lateral visit to India, signed 12 key bilateral documents promising India investments worth $30 billion.

This, however, isn't the only time the media has got his name wrong. Even the French media has goofed up “Xi” a couple of times in the past.

Jawahar Sircar, the CEO of Prasar Bharti, confirmed to Quartz that they have sacked the newsreader. “It’s true, we have sacked the concerned newsreader. We are putting systems in place to make sure such things don’t happen in future,” he said.

"It is an unpardonable mistake," a senior official told Reuters on the condition of anonymity, saying the anchor was employed on a casual basis. "We have debarred her from news reading for a few months."

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