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The Latest Breaking News from Kerala

Unattended and vulnerable: Children of Kerala’s migrant communities face many risks

This is part one of a four-part series by The News Minute on lived realities of migrant communities in Kerala.

Newslaundry

Hema Committee: Arundhati Roy, Vrinda Grover write to CM Pinarayi to bring law to address key issues

Following the release of the Hema Committee report, which revealed the abysmal working conditions and rampant sexual harassment faced by women in the Malayalam film industry, prominent personalities from across the country have written to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan demanding a “360-degree approach” to fulfil the purpose of the committee.

Newslaundry

One to watch: Hanumankind

The Kerala-born, Texas-raised rapper is taking Indian hip-hop to a global audience. Now even Arsenal FC want in on the action…

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Abuse, resignations, power nexus: Everything about Kerala’s #MeToo crisis

A spate of #MeToo stories have surfaced from the Malayalam film industry since the release of the Hema Committee report on the working conditions of women in the regional cinema. FIRs related to sexual assault have been lodged against at least four prominent actors of the industry.

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Powertrip: Kerala govt’s film industry dilemma, who will bag AIADMK’s poll strategy contract

The fallout from the Hema Committee report continues to unfold, with new perpetrators being named everyday. While the en masse resignation of the leadership of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists might have solved one headache, the Kerala government seems to have another, more problematic issue to deal with. Two…

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Hema Committee report: Kerala government cannot ignore mounting discursive evidence

Nearly a week after the Hema Committee report unleashed what can only be called the second coming of the MeToo movement in the Malayalam film industry, many debates are still pitting ‘formal complaints’ as a binary opposite to women’s ‘informal’ narratives of their experiences of sexual harassment. “Let the women…

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Let Me Explain: What is Hema Committee report on Malayalam cinema all about?

The Malayalam film industry, which is known for its progressive films, also has a dark underbelly. As per findings of the Justice Hema Committee, set up by the Kerala government, “Sexual harassment is the worst evil that women face in the film industry.”

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‘Lobby, mafia still exists in Malayalam film industry’: Actor Parvathy on Hema Committee report

The Justice Hema Committee Report on the working conditions of women in Malayalam cinema, released to the public on August 19, said that a powerful lobby controls the industry where sexual harassment and abuse is rampant. In response, the Kerala government has said that police cases cannot be filed on…

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Peek behind the foliage at The Plumeria, a south Indian home by the water

The Plumeria by Silpi Architects is an India home in Kerala, the country's south, blending geometric forms and the region's tropical foliage and waters

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Nedumbassery transnational organ trade racket: NIA charge sheets four

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday charge sheeted four accused belonging to a transnational organ trade racket busted in Kerala's Nedumbassery. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Wayanad landslide: Burst of rainfall 10 pc heavier due to climate change, says study

The landslides that killed hundreds of people in Kerala's Wayanad were triggered by a burst of rainfall that was made about 10 per cent heavier by human-caused climate change. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Climate Change Fuelled Deadly India Landslides, Say Scientists

Climate change played a key factor in torrential rains in India that triggered catastrophic landslides killing at least 200 people last month, a group of scientists said Wednesday.

International Business Times

Study finds rains that led to deadly Indian landslides were made worse by climate change

The heavy rains that resulted in landslides killing hundreds in southern India last month were made worse by human-caused climate change

The Independent UK

‘Bring him back’: Hope meets loss in Indian villages hit by landslides

Nearly 300 people have been killed in the landslides in Kerala state, and the toll is expected to rise.

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Kerala: Wayanad landslides toll crosses 300; Rescue operations still underway

The rescue and relief operations are underway in Chooralmala and Mundakkai where the landslides wreaked havoc. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Deadly Landslides In Kerala State Leave Over 150 Dead

Rescue operations in Kerala, India face challenges after landslides from heavy rains. Death toll rises, with hundreds stranded and homes destroyed.

International Business Times

Hopes Fade For More Survivors In Indian Landslide Rescue

Indian rescue crews scoured mud-caked tea plantations and villages Thursday with little hope of finding more survivors from successive landslides that killed around 200 people.

Al Jazeera

Hopes of finding survivors fade as Kerala landslides death toll nears 200

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan describes disaster as ‘one of the worst’ the southern Indian state has ever witnessed.

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Death toll from landslides in India’s Kerala state rises to 166

Almost 200 people still missing after heavy rains and access problems hamper second day of rescue operation

Dynamite News

Landslide also occured in Kozhikode district's Vilangad area

One person has been reported missing in a landslide that hit Vilangad area of the Kozhikode district in Kerala on Tuesday morning. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Wayanad landslide: Death toll crosses 180, eyewitnesses say saw ‘kin get washed away’

The death toll in landslide-affected Wayanad in Kerala rose to over 180 on Wednesday amid intensified rescue operations and setting up of infrastructure, including bridges, by the Indian army, navy and air force teams. At present, more than 200 people are missing and over 3,000 affected persons have been shifted…

Evening Standard

Man loses 100 loved ones as India landslides wipe out his entire village

The death toll has risen to 166 after more bodies were found overnight

Latin Times

India Landslide Toll Hits 150 As Rain Hampers Rescue Work

Days of torrential monsoon rains have battered the southern coastal state of Kerala, with blocked roads into the Wayanad district disaster area complicating relief efforts.