International Day Of Girl Child 2024: The report highlights that when on-contact forms of abuse - such as online harassment or verbal assault - are factored in, the number rises to 650 million, or 1 in 5.

The Thane crime branch has arrested two individuals in connection with the Badlapur sexual assault case.

Sean Diddy Combs -- the rap mogul whose star has plunged after a wave of sex trafficking accusations and assault lawsuits -- was arrested by federal agents in Manhattan late Monday, a US federal court said.

Choreographer Jani Master - whose real name is Shaik Jani Basha and who works primarily in the Telugu and Tamil film industries - and has been accused of sexual harassment by a 21-year-old woman employee.

Bengali filmmaker and actor Arindam Sil has been suspended by the Directors Association of Eastern India (DAEI) over allegations of sexual harassment on the sets of one of his films.

A medical doctor has been arrested for sexual assault of girl students of a school, who were also inmates of a hostel that functioned from within the school premises, police said on Wednesday.

Veteran Malayalam actor Siddique has lodged a complaint with Kerala police against actress Revathy Sampath after she accused him of sexual misconduct, officials said on Monday.

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Sunday said that he would like to trust Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan when he said that if the victims of sexual abuses in the Malayalam film industry come forward then the process of law will be set in motion.

The main accused in the disturbing case of a schoolgirl's alleged rape and the sex abuse of several others at a fake National Cadet Corps (NCC) camp in Tamil Nadu allegedly died by suicide at a government hospital early this morning.

A female can also face criminal proceedings under POCSO for committing the offence of penetrative sexual assault on a child, and the offence is not restricted to only male offenders, the Delhi High Court has held.

Australia on Thursday followed Europe and the United States by levying sanctions on Israeli settlers accused of eatings, sexual assault and torture of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.