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<keyword id="6355192" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="lucknow" source="Orion">Lucknow</keyword> will soon have four dedicated '<keyword id="14357932" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="monkey-forests" source="Orion">monkey forests</keyword>' on its outskirts to check the growing <keyword id="75683" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="monkey-menace" source="Orion">monkey menace</keyword> within the city limits. As a pilot project, the first <keyword id="57812" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="monkey" source="Orion">monkey</keyword> forest would be developed in six acres of area in the Umaria village of Bakshi-Ka-Talab area, following which similar forests would be developed in four corners of the city. The Umaria monkey forest would be called Laxman Vanar Van. According to district magistrate Suryapal Gangwar, "At present Umaria is being developed, but an action plan is also in pipeline to establish a monkey forest on the outer four corners of the city. Plantation of fruit trees will be done in the forest, so that the monkeys can get enough food throughout the year. Arrangements for a pond/reservoir will also be made." Of late, Lucknow has been seeing a growing monkey menace with simians creating nuisance in residential areas. A number of accidents in these areas have also been reported and at least, half a dozen children have been killed /injured after being chased by monkeys. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/news/who-will-get-the-party-symbol-bow-and-arrow-if-shiv-sena-splits/articleshow/92611630.cms">It’s not the CM seat but the one who wields ‘bow and arrow’ will be the Sena head</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/sustainability/news/ban-on-single-use-plastic-kicks-in-across-india-as-the-country-recognises-the-choking-impacts-of-plastic-waste-on-the-environment/articleshow/92600992.cms">Ban on single-use plastic kicks in across India as the country recognises the choking impacts of plastic waste on the environment</a>

Lucknow to create four 'monkey forests' to keep the simians off cities

<ul><li>The monkey is six-years-old and the zoo doctor said that if he was set free, he would harm people wherever he went. Kalua has not even befriended his cage keeper till now.</li><li>It was a pet monkey of a local occultist who would regularly give him liquor to drink. Over a period of time, the monkey became alcoholic and when the occultist died, Kalua stopped getting liquor and became aggressive. </li><li>As it went on a biting spree and created terror in Mirzapur, forest and zoo teams were called in to catch the monkey</li></ul>Ever heard of a monkey being given a life sentence. The Kanpur zoo has a monkey which will remain behind the bars for all its life. The monkey, named 'Kalua', is a native of Mirzapur district. He has bitten over 250 persons in Mirzapur, of whom one died. According to the reports, Kalua was a pet monkey of a local occultist who would regularly give him liquor to drink. Over a period of time, the monkey became alcoholic and when the occultist died, Kalua stopped getting liquor and became aggressive. As it went on a biting spree and created terror in Mirzapur, forest and zoo teams were called in to catch the monkey. After several efforts, Kalua was caught and brought to the Kanpur zoo. "We kept him in isolation for some months and then shifted him to a separate cage. There has been no change in his behaviour and he remains as aggressive as he was. It has been three years since he was brought here, but now it has been decided that he will remain in captivity all his life," said the zoo doctor Mohd Nasir. The monkey is six-years-old and the zoo doctor said that if he was set free, he would harm people wherever he went. Kalua has not even befriended his cage keeper till now. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/mumbai-local-trains-who-can-travel-timings-and-all-you-need-to-know/articleshow/76397615.cms">Mumbai local trains⁠— who can travel, timings, and all you need to know</a>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>New Delhi officials want to keep mischevious macaques at bay during the G20 summit next week.</li><li>Officials are placing cardboard cutouts of larger langur monkeys around the city.</li></ul>India does not want any monkeying around during the G20 summit in New Delhi next week.So, officials are putting life-size cardboard cutouts of angry langur monkeys around the city and hiring men to make animal calls to scare off smaller rhesus macaque monkeys, which are notoriously mischievous.The rhesus macaque monkeys are known for being a menace to society — they rampage through the city, jumping from rooftop to rooftop and even attacking pedestrians, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/01/india/india-g20-monkey-cutout-intl-hnk/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN reported</a>. But the one thing the macaques do not mess with is the larger langur monkey."(The monkeys) don't want to come near the large cutouts of the langurs as they get scared," said Satish Upadhyay, vice-chairperson of the New Delhi Municipal Council, according to CNN. He added that they cannot be displaced or harmed, so threatening with cardboard cutouts is the humane alternative. "We started placing these cutouts in the city over the last one week and are already seeing a positive impact. Monkeys have stopped going to the areas where these are present," Upadhyay said, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/01/langurs-cutouts-deter-rhesus-monkeys-g20-delhi-2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to The Guardian.</a>In addition to the cutouts, local authorities have hired 30 to 40 men to make langur sounds, which also keep the macaques at bay, CNN reported. The annual G20 summit is a group of 20 world leaders that meet to discuss pressing global policy on topics like trade, health, and climate. US President Joe Biden, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak are among those expected to attend, <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-2023-g20-new-delhi-summit/#:~:text=Prime%20Minister%20Justin%20Trudeau%2C%20U.S.,expected%20to%20attend%20the%20summit." target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to the Daily Globe and Mail</a>.

India is putting cardboard cutouts of monkeys around New Delhi and hiring men to make animal calls to scare away mischievous macaques ahead of the G20 summit

The issue of <keyword id="75683" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Monkey-menace">monkey menace</keyword> at religious places and in Lutyens Zone in the national capital was raised in <keyword id="6355187" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="lok-sabha">Lok Sabha</keyword> on Thursday by BJP MP <keyword id="2733" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Hema-Malini">Hema Malini</keyword>. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, the MP from Mathura, said monkey menace at religious places was a matter of concern and the government should do something about it. "People in Vrindavan and Mathura in my constituency have been hit by the menace with monkeys snatching items from pilgrims," she said. The actor-turned-politician also said sterilisation attempts have made monkeys "violent". Blaming the menace on deforestation, she suggested that the government develop a monkey safari there. Many other members in the House raised similar concerns. LJP MP Chirag Paswan said the monkey menace is a matter of concern for people staying in Lutyens Zone in the national capital. "Their terror is such that children cannot play in gardens of their homes located in Lutyens Zone. People are forced to stay in homes. And all this is happening as we destroyed their homes (forests). Now they have entered homes," he said. TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay recounted that once a monkey snatched his spectacles and returned only after he offered it fruit juice.

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New Delhi, May 16 () A langur handler hired to chase away monkeys around Rail Bhavan has tested positive for coronavirus resulting in the quarantining of around 15 rail staffers, sources said on Saturday. The contract worker had last come to the building on May 4 and tested positive on May 14 making him the second COVID-19 case at the rail headquarters after a Railway Protection Force (RPF) staffer was diagnosed with the virus on May 13. As part of the government policy, such workers are deployed to scare away monkeys found near most government buildings in central Delhi. The worker had come in contact with officials of the general branch, the staffers of which have been sent to home quarantine till May 18. The five-floor Rail Bhavan premises on Raisina Road in New Delhi was already undergoing intensive sanitisation after the orderly working in the RPF offices on the fourth floor tested COVID-19 positive. He had come to office till May 6. The rail headquarters were sealed for two days -- May 14 and 15. NDMC, which services Rail Bhavan and most of Lutyens Delhi, has been facing a tough time in keeping monkeys at bay in its areas. It has tried several methods to check the monkey menace, from hiring langur handlers and using air guns and rubber bullets to arranging food for them at specific feeding areas. ASG RHL

Langur handler at Rail Bhavan tests COVID-19 positive, 15 staffers sent to home quarantine

<ul><li><keyword id="2733" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Hema-Malini">Hema Malini</keyword> says sterlisation attempts have turned monkeys violent </li><li><keyword id="6354504" type="DEFINITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="reliance-jio">Reliance Jio</keyword> gets a golden opportunity to hike tariffs and still stay ahead of rivals </li><li>Yogi government wants to change the name of Agra to Agravan </li></ul>This week, Hema Malini raised the issue of monkey menace at religious places. Reliance Jio raised tariffs along with rivals --Airtel and Vodafone. And, Yogi government proposed to change the name of yet another city -Agra to Agravan. <div type="Slideshow" msid="72184508" hostid="261" title="News in toons: Here’s what happened last week" firstImageMsid="72184551" slideCount="5"></div>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>The "<keyword id="10823192" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="thin-blue-line">Thin Blue Line</keyword>" flag, though simple in design, is anything but when it comes to meaning.</li><li>The imagery has been upheld by cops and conservative activists to demonstrate support for law enforcement.</li><li>But the flag has been wrought with controversy, going all the way back to the phrase that inspired it.</li></ul>It was flown at Trump campaign rallies, at the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and worn as face masks by officers policing the <keyword id="2771111" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="black-lives-matter">Black Lives Matter</keyword> protests in 2020.The flag was also used to show support and mourn <a href="https://interactives.dallasnews.com/2018/standoff/">the deaths of five Dallas police officers</a> who were ambushed by a gunman in 2016.Most recently, the "Thin Blue Line" flag was seen at the attempted insurrection at the US Capitol building in January.<div type="image" title="thin blue line flag capitol riots" height="2924" width="3898" msid="81200786" hostid="261"></div>The imagery of a single blue line on a black-and-white American flag - inspired by the phrase "Thin Blue Line" - has sparked a fiery debate over the role of <keyword id="11098" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="police">police</keyword> and law enforcement.Tom Nolan, associate professor of sociology at Emmanuel College who previously worked with the Boston Police Department, said the "Thin Blue Line" fosters an "us against them" mentality, in which "the police firmly believed that they are, in fact, the metaphorical and literal 'Thin Blue Line' between order and anarchy, between the good guys and the bad guys.""I think when I was on the job, I might've actually espoused this belief myself because when you're immersed deeply in the subculture of policing, which most police officers are, this is how you see the world," Nolan told Insider.Nolan, who has nearly 30 years of experience in law enforcement, said the controversy that follows the flag is rooted in the "construct" built by police officers "that there is this kind of schism between the good guys and the bad guys.""The police feel threatened because their role as being the good guys and their supporters of being the good guys is being questioned," he said.Here's how the simple phrase of the "Thin Blue Line" came to be wrought with so much controversy:<h2>The phrase 'Thin Blue Line' dates back to the 1800s in London - but referencing a different color</h2>Dating back to the 1850s, the "Thin Blue Line" was originally red. In the book "Lawtalk: The Unknown Stories Behind Familiar Legal Expressions," co-authors Elizabeth Thornburg and James Clapp wrote that the original phrase was coined during the Crimean War, referring to the red-coated British army.The phrase "caught on with a public always receptive to romantic images of war, and thin red line - sometimes with 'of heroes' added for good measure - became a rhetorical appellation for the British army and British military might and grit generally," they wrote.The phrase had also morphed through an assortment of colors throughout the remainder of the century - including a "thin red line of freemasons in crimson collars, a thin white line of bishops, a 'thin blue line' of public schoolboys in blazers and straw hats, [and] a thin brown line of Egyptian soldiers (a reference to skin color)," according to the book.In the US, the phrase slowly began to take hold after occasionally being used to reference "blue-clad military troops."More recently, the phrase became commonplace to refer to police forces. In 1924, the mayor of Chicago praised the city's police officers as "a 'thin blue line' between <keyword id="39494" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Crime">crime</keyword> and our three millions of population," according to the book.<div type="image" title="thin blue line flag" height="2799" width="3732" msid="81200787" hostid="261"></div>The phrase eventually made its way to Los Angeles, notably by former Los Angeles Police chief William Parker. Parker joined the LAPD in 1927 and became chief in 1950, Thornburg and Clapp wrote, and he "saw the potential uses of this metaphor, and he exploited them so brilliantly that he is often erroneously credited with coining the phrase.""The heroic identity implicit in 'Thin Blue Line' was just what Parker was after," they wrote. "Inheriting a department known to be a corrupt, patronage-ridden force, Parker wanted to transform the police into a professional organization, independent of politicians, and composed of committed, honest, disciplined officers."Parker, however, was known for "unambiguous racism," according to an article from <a href="https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/06/08/the-short-fraught-history-of-the-thin-blue-line-american-flag">The Marshall Project</a>."He said some immigrants were 'not far removed from the wild tribes of Mexico' and compared Black residents participating in the 1965 Watts Riots - which stemmed in part from anger over his own department's mistreatment - to 'monkeys in a zoo,'" according to The Marshall Project. According to the Marshall Project article, Parker's tenure from the LAPD prompted a "bigger shift toward militarism in police departments, which came to buy military gear directly from the Department of Defense."In 1988, film director Errol Morris released a scathing documentary about an innocent man who was arrested and convicted of murdering a police officer. The man was executed by electric chair "with the help of suppressed evidence, perjured testimony, and an emotional closing argument for the prosecution," according to "Lawtalk."Ironically, Morris titled the film, "The Thin Blue Line.""[The] final argument was one I had never heard before the thin blue line of police that separated the public from anarchy," the trial judge said in the film, according to the book. "And I have to concede that there my eyes kind of welled up when I heard that."<div type="image" title="thin blue line flag protesters" height="2660" width="3547" msid="81200789" hostid="261"></div><h2>Tensions surrounding the 'Thin Blue Line' began to heighten when the symbol was added to a rendition of the American flag</h2>The "Thin Blue Line" phrase gave shape to the black, white, and blue American flag near the end of 2015 upon the inception of the <keyword id="5024399" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="blue-lives-matter">Blue Lives Matter</keyword> movement.The Blue Lives Matter movement emerged as a counter-movement to Black Lives Matter, which was formed in protest of a string of incidents of police brutality and rallied against violence by law enforcement.The Blue Lives Matter movement was aimed at advocating for law enforcement. Flag creator Andrew Jacob formed the idea to "give the police a flag to wave" amid the backlash against police officers in light of the deaths of Black men and boys - Eric Garner, Michael Brown, and Tamir Rice - at the hands of the police, Jeff Sharlet wrote in <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2018/07/a-flag-for-trumps-america/">Harper's Magazine</a>. "The flag has no association with racism, hatred, bigotry," Jacob, now the president of the Thin Blue Line USA, told The Marshall Project. "It's a flag to show support for law enforcement - no politics involved."The flag, however, has been adopted by the conservative activists to show solidarity with the police, and it has also been picked up by far-right extremist groups as well. The flag made an appearance at the deadly "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, which gathered white supremacist groups, including the alt-right, neo-Nazis, and the Ku Klux Klan. The company <a href="https://business.facebook.com/watch/?v=1949373388675200">disavowed the flag's appearance</a> at the rally.Melina Abdullah, a co-founder of the Los Angeles chapter of Black Lives Matter, told The Marshall Project last June that the flag "feels akin to a Confederate flag."<h2>The flag began to divert away from an image of solidarity to an image of controversy</h2>The image was <a href="https://www.insider.com/wisconsin-police-chief-bans-thin-blue-line-imagery-2021-1">banned</a> by the police chief at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department for officers on duty. Chief Kristen Roman said in an email to staff in January that the symbol has been "co-opted" by "extremists."She wanted to distance the department from the symbol due to "the fear and mistrust that it currently evokes for too many in our community," Insider's Kelsey Vlamis reported.San Francisco Chief of Police Bill Scott <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/san-francisco-police-chief-bans-thin-blue-line-70482540">banned officers</a> from wearing face masks with the flag, expressing concern that it could be perceived as "divisive and disrespectful" after the masks had been given to officers by the local police union."We did it as a morale booster for each other, not as a political statement," union president Tony Montoya <a href="https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/sfpoa-president-tony-montoya-on-thin-blue-line-mask-ban-exposing-police-bigots/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in an op-ed for Law Enforcement Today.<div type="image" title="thin blue line flag" height="2133" width="2844" msid="81200791" hostid="261"></div>Fletcher High School in Neptune Beach, Florida, <a href="https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/florida/os-ne-florida-school-thin-blue-line-flag-ban-20200923-xe5k4oafqrawbl3yjmr2hoaesa-story.html">banned the flag</a> from being waved at football games in September 2020, and a school district in Pelham, New York, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/21/nyregion/police-flag-pelham-school-district.html">prohibited the flag</a> late last year after some students said it made them feel unsafe.<h2>Some cops still find the 'Thin Blue Line' flag as a symbol of solace and respect for lost officers</h2>Dallas Police Sgt. Stephen Bishopp defended the flag, saying that whenever he sees "that flag as a sticker on a car or flying in someone's yard, I know that there is someone there that knows what I'm going through.""They know because they are a part of the family," Bishopp told The Marshall Project. "I don't really care if it bothers people or hurts their feelings to see that flag. I absolutely could care less. I am proud of what I do, the people I work with, and the ones who have died defending the rights of strangers.""I will continue to fly that flag until my very last day," Bishopp added.Nolan said he experienced this "sense of solidarity" back during his days on the force, but the caveat was that it could create animosity between officers and the public, which could be embodied in the flag."We have this sense of solidarity where no one ever breaks ranks, no one ever speaks out, and we all protect each other, ... and I expect that I'm going to have my fellow officers have that they're going to have my back," Nolan told Insider. "And, you know, that's why the 'Thin Blue Line' is so thin, ... but it has taken on this kind of menacing, insidious symbol of, 'you're either with us or against us. And if you're against us, you're the enemy.'"Michael White, a professor of criminology at Arizona State University, echoed the sentiment that the flag could create a divisive nature, noting that "the police and community together should work together, in order to produce safety.""Each should respect the role of the other," White told The Marshall Project. "If you're looking at the community as a potential enemy, or a threat, that's certainly going to hinder any positive relationship."

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Most of us have grown up reading Superman, Batman or Tintin as far as English <keyword id="52527" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Comics">comics</keyword> are concerned, and Chacha Chaudhary and Saboo, who represent the Indian smarties. But now the Indian comic genre is going to get another superhero in Krrish. Graphic India and Filmkraft Productions have announced that they will bring the comics series of Krrish, based on the popular Indian movie superhero played by <keyword id="6354563" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Hrithik-Roshan">Hrithik Roshan</keyword>. 
 The first <keyword id="106984" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="40" keywordseo="edition">edition</keyword>, called Krrish: Menace of Monkey, will be available in stores later this year. It will also be converted into a digital comic book that will have weekly chapters and can be read through the Krrish comics app. 
 The team of legendary comic book creators, Tom De Falco, Ron Frenz and Sal Buscema, who have worked on leading comic book characters such as <keyword id="88398" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="40" keywordseo="Spider-Man">Spider-Man</keyword>, Superman, Thor and <keyword id="319257" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="40" keywordseo="The-Avengers">The Avengers</keyword>, have been roped in to write the scripts for Krrish chapters. An international team of comics designers and animators have also been hired to portray Krrish as an international comics superstar. 
 
All this seems exciting for the Indian comics reader. However, a major part of the success or failure of this comic strip superhero will depend on how the movie does in the coming weeks. There are plenty of comics aficionados who want a real Indian superhero and Krrish seems like the one who can carry the Indian torch. We hope the light shines bright for him.

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