IFFK 2025: Kerala Culture Minister directs Chalachitra Academy to screen all films denied censor exemption by Centre
The Hindu
Kerala's Cultural Minister criticizes the Union government for denying censor exemptions to films at IFFK 2025, asserting artistic freedom.

Ending a prolonged and acrimonious stand-off between Kerala Lok Bhavan and the State government, Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar on Tuesday appointed Ciza Thomas as Vice-Chancellor (V-C) of APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU) and Saji Gopinath as V-C of the Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology (Digital University Kerala – DUK).

It is essential to provide a roadmap for ethanol blending beyond the present 20% to address existing concerns about unutilised capacities and investments already made in the realm, Director-General at Indian Sugar & Bio-energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) Deepak Ballani told The Hindu in an interaction Tuesday.











