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Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar unveiled his statue at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, in a glittering event. The Master Blaster's life-size statue has been installed at the Sachin Tendulkar stand in the stadium. It has been crafted by Pramod Kamble, a well-known painter-sculptor from Ahmednagar. Sachin Tendulkar was joined by Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, NCP leader Sharad Pawar, and other officials of the BCCI.

Australia's Melbourne city reported some unknown offenders vandalized a life-size bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi, at the Australian Indian Community Centre. The statue was recently inaugurated by Prime Minister Scott Morrison on November 12. Following the incident, an investigation has been launched and miscreants are yet to be arrested. ''Australia is the most successful multicultural nation in the world and attacks on cultural monuments… read-more

International star Kim Kardashian has landed in an international art smuggling scandal after a Roman sculpture was imported to California using her credentials.  Reportedly, the illegally exported statue was seized at Los Angeles airport in 2016 and was consigned to the Noel Roberts Trust, which is owned by Kardashian and her ex-husband Kayne West. Meanwhile, Kardashian's spokesperson has denied any association of her with the statue. 

In the wake of the George Floyd incident that happened in June, Boston authorities have decided to remove a statue of an enslaved man kneeling before Abraham Lincoln after 141 years. The statue depicted a nude man kneeling in front of fully dressed Lincoln. According to the activists, the statue highlighted racism. However, the sculpture would not be destroyed but only moved somewhere else, where it can be "better explained".