Canberra [Australia], July 22 (ANI/Xinhua): The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has acknowledged its failure to deal with sexual misconduct within its ranks.

Mumbai Jan 18 PTI Actor Richa Chadha who plays an upright investigating officer on The Great Indian Murder on Tuesday said the role is a departure from some of her previous characters which werent as understated as the one in the upcoming Disney Hotstar thriller seriesDirected by Tigmanshu Dhulia the whodunnit is an adaptation of Vikas Swarups acclaimed novel Six Suspects which revolves around the murder of the son of a high-profile minister The show also features Scam 1992 The Harshad Mehta star Pratik GandhiChadha known for her performances in films like the Gangs of Wasseypur series Fukrey franchise and Masaan said Dhulias only brief for her to portray DCP Sudha Bharadwaj was to play the role with a lot of dignityBut that doesnt mean she doesnt have a sense of humour or there wont be any lighter moments in her life when something tragic has happened in her personal life I built the character keeping those nuances in mindI havent really got a chance to play straight-up normal characters They are either abusive extremely rural or a ganglord But this is perhaps one of the most straight upfront characters I have played Chadha told reporters during the virtual trailer launch of the showThe 35-year-old actor said when she embodied the character it gave her a sense of direction as an artiste on how to approach her scenesWith The Great Indian Murder Chadha said it was important for her to keep her performance subtleMy character guided me in which direction to go It is difficult for actors because you are always told to create something new Sometimes it is extremely hard to just sit back Here I am playing an investigator so it is all about my eyes I have to read between the lines understand what people are saying and what they mean It was tough to stay understated and perform in this male dominated world for the character At the press conference the actor was joined by Gandhi who plays Suraj Yadav a Central Bureau of Investigation officer tasked with uncovering the mystery surrounding the murder along with Chadhas BharadwajGandhi said he was intrigued how the show deviated from the book and came up with two new characters his and ChadhasThe series has been co-written by Dhulia Vijay Maurya and Puneet SharmaIt was an extremely challenging and interesting character Richa and my character are not the part of the book they were especially written for the The Great Indian Murder It was exciting for me because after reading the book when I started reading the script I was fascinated by how they took the story forward I had ample opportunities to play those layers with humour he addedSwarup said Six Suspects was a complex book to translate to screen as the viewpoints of the suspects -- each of whom represents a different stratum of society -- keeps shiftingThe author lauded the team for not compromising on the scale of the show and said that new characters were required as additions to act as narrators for the storyRicha and Pratiks characters have been added because in a show you must have a sutradhar narrator which you dont need in a subplot A book has subplots interior monologue but a screen is in your face which goes from point A to B to C he addedThe Great Indian Murder also stars Raghubir Yadav Ashutosh Rana Sharib Hashmi Amey Wagh Jatin Goswami Shashank Arora and Paoli DamThe show is backed by actor Ajay Devgn and producer Priti Vinay Sinha who have produced the series under their banner ADF and RLE Media for Disney Hotstar The series is set to be released on February 4 PTI JUR RDS RDS

Kinshasa [DR Congo], December 26 (ANI/Xinhua): At least six people were killed in a suicide bomb explosion late Saturday, in the middle of Christmas celebration, in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to the Kivu Security Tracker (KST), a respected monitor on eastern DRC.

Kampala [Uganda], November 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Six people including three suicide bombers were killed and 33 others injured in twin bomb blasts in the Ugandan capital Kampala on Tuesday, police said.