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    The E-commerce website Myntra has decided to change its logo after it ran into a controversy. According to a report by India Today, the company decided the so after a complaint was lodged with the police against the logo terming it as offensive for women. In December last year, one Naaz Patel associated with an NGO called Avesta Foundation had lodged a complaint with the Mumbai Cyber police alleging the Myntra logo to be ‘insulting’ and ‘offensive’ towards women. Naaz Patel had also taken to various social media sites to voice her dissent against the company’s logo. The NGO had also termed the logo as ‘abusive’.  "Offensive Logo" Of Myntra The report has quoted DCP Rashmi Karandikar, Cyber Crime Department of Mumbai police as saying: “We found that the logo was offensive in nature for women. Following the complaint, we sent an email to Myntra and their officials came and met us. The officials said they will change the logo in a month’s time.”  Pate...

Two Indian cricketers Mohammad Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah were racially taunted on Day 3 of the SCG Test and with this instance the game of cricket was once again spoiled by Racism. This isn't the first time that racism is been in news. And it also seems that it became a counter strategy to cope up when a match is slipping through hands. Ban of three test match was imposed on Harbhajan singh for calling Australian All rounder Andre Symmonds a monkey in 2008. The Aussies felt it was racial as Symmonds belonged to a different ethnic origin. Later India protested the decision vehemently in a much-publicised hearing. The offie was penalised 50 percent of his match fees but went onto play for India in the aftermath of the incident. In an another incident England spinning all-rounder Moeen Ali was called 'Osama' by an unknown Australian cricketer during 2015 Ashes. Some of his colleagues were so enraged that they wanted to report the incident but they stopped short on Ali...