Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: August 16, 2022

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for August 16, 2022

– 107 gallantry awards approved for personnel of armed forces & CAPF (Central Armed Police Forces)

– 3 Kirti Chakras: Naik Devendra Pratap Singh (Army), Constable Sudip Sarkar (BSF)-posthumous, Sub-inspector Paotinsat Guite (BSF)-posthumous

– 13 Shaurya Chakras

– 2 Bar to Sena medals

– 81 Sena Medals

– 1 Nao Sena Medal

– 7 Vayu Sena medals

– 1,082 police personnel receive service medals

– Number of police personnel who received gallantry medals: 347

– Independence Day: Delhi Lt Governor V. K. Saxena dedicates 16 parks renamed in honour of unsung heroes

– AP: 30-feet tall mural statue of Mahatma Gandhi unveiled in Vijayawada by Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan

– India hands over Dornier maritime surveillance aircraft to Sri Lanka Navy

– Bangladesh observed National Mourning Day on August 15, 2022