Explanation:

GIPMER, a Delhi government hospital recently banned its nursing staff from speaking in Malayalam in the hospital and warned of “serious action” if they do not talk in English or Hindi.

• Malayalam is a Dravidian language spoken.
• Malayalam has official language status in Kerala, Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé)
• It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India and is spoken by 2.88% of Indians.
• Due to Malayali expatriates in the Persian Gulf, Malayalam is also widely spoken in the Gulf countries.
• Malayalam was designated a "Classical Language in India" in 2013.

Script

• The earliest script used to write Malayalam was the Vatteluttu script.
• The current Malayalam script is based on the Vatteluttu script, which was extended with Grantha script letters to adopt Indo-Aryan loanwords.
• It bears high similarity with the Tigalari script, a historical script that was used to write the Tulu language.

Hence both statements are correct.