Global news: IMF economic warnings, school safety calls, and criminal arrests in India

In India, Mohit Dang, a mathematics teacher at a government-run Mother Teresa school in Rajkot, Gujarat, has been arrested under the POCSO Act. He is accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old student between 2023 and 2026, allegedly using promises of good grades and threats of academic failure to manipulate the victim.

In Karnataka, prison official Somasekar was arrested for releasing a life convict, Shankar Arumugam, by forging a Supreme Court order. Investigations revealed the fraud was facilitated by a head constable and motivated by Somasekar’s relationship with the prisoner’s wife.

In Malaysia, opposition MP Dr. Ahmad Yunus Hairi has called for improved mental health awareness training for teachers to prevent school violence and bullying, citing recent tragic incidents involving student injuries and deaths in Penang and Johor.

Speaking in Singapore, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned of three major global economic challenges: the rapid rise of artificial intelligence, increasing energy prices, and high levels of public debt. She urged governments to implement responsible fiscal policies and cautioned that rising interest rates make debt management more difficult than in previous decades.