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A senior Indian court has convicted Tarun Tejpal, founder of investigative magazine Tehelka, of raping a junior journalist in 2013 after overturning his 2021 acquittal. The case has drawn scrutiny over India's handling of sexual assault.
Malaysia's government is progressing RM414 million in infrastructure upgrades for rural logging roads in Sarawak's Baram and Julau districts, while launching expanded initiatives to strengthen community cohesion and women's legal protections nationwide.
Italy's Supreme Court has upheld murder convictions against five relatives of Saman Abbas, an 18-year-old Pakistani girl killed in 2021 for rejecting an arranged marriage to a cousin in Pakistan.