Kerala government tables Malayalam Language Bill in Assembly

Kerala government tables Malayalam Language Bill in Assembly

The Bill seeks to render Malayalam as Kerala’s sole official language | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT The Left Democratic Front (LDF) government tabled the Malayalam Language Bill (2025) in the Kerala Assembly on Monday.  Law Minister P. Rajeeve stated that the Bill aims to enshrine the Malayalam language at the heart of official communications in … Read more

Malayalam rapper Vedan appears before police for questioning in rape case

Malayalam rapper Vedan appears before police for questioning in rape case

Rapper Vedan | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRNAGEMENT Popular Malayalam rapper Hirandas Murali, known by his stage name Vedan, has appeared before the Thrikkakara police in Ernakulam in connection with the probe into a sexual assault case registered against him. Vedan, who has been granted anticipatory bail in the case by the Kerala High Court, turned … Read more

Polish woman shocks Kerala children by speaking Malayalam. Video goes viral

Polish woman shocks Kerala children by speaking Malayalam. Video goes viral

Emilia Pietrzyk, a Polish content creator who has been documenting her experiences in Kerala, has made the internet smile with a wholesome video from a wedding celebration. Pietrzyk, whose Instagram bio describes her as a “Polish girl exploring Kerala’s culture and sharing its beauty with the world”, posted a video where she decided to surprise … Read more

Malayalam actor Siddique gets anticipatory bail from Supreme Court in sexual abuse case

Malayalam actor Siddique gets anticipatory bail from Supreme Court in sexual abuse case

Film actor Siddique after he was appeared before a special investigation team for questioning in an alleged rape case, in Thiruvananthapuram. File photo | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court on Tuesday (November 19, 2024) ordered that Malayalam film actor Siddique, in the event of arrest in a sexual abuse case, should be released on … Read more

MedBeat HealthConnect announces availability of additional languages for patients: Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu – ET HealthWorld

MedBeat HealthConnect announces availability of additional languages for patients: Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu – ET HealthWorld

The app solves the problem of language barriers and interacts with the patient in their mother tongue to assess their symptoms. Utilising their responses, it summarises symptoms and medical history to be presented to the doctor and suggests the right specialist and relevant lab examinations. This summary contains doctors’ technical medical terminology, helping them quickly … Read more

Hema panel report: RTI reveals provisions to prohibit illegal, offending acts on women in Malayalam cinema

Hema panel report: RTI reveals provisions to prohibit illegal, offending acts on women in Malayalam cinema

The Hema Commission report to address issues of sexual harassment and gender inequality in the Malayalam film industry has recommended key provisions to prohibit illegal and offending acts against women in the sector. The provisions to be included in the proposed Kerala Cine Employers and Employees (Regulation) Act 2020 have emerged from the Right to … Read more

Malayalam director-writer Ajayan Venugopalan on featuring expatriate life in his debut film ‘Shiv Shastri Balboa’

Malayalam director-writer Ajayan Venugopalan on featuring expatriate life in his debut film ‘Shiv Shastri Balboa’

Anupam Kher and Neena Gupta in Shiv Shastri Balboa, directed by Ajayan Venugopalan | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Writer-director Ajayan Venugopalan is a keen chronicler of expatriate life. Beginning with Akkarakazhchakal, Malayalam’s first YouTube sitcom in the late 2000s, to Metro Park, an equally hilarious Hindi web series that is currently streaming online, time and … Read more