Gallantry Awards
Context : Jammu and Kashmir Police constable Altaf Hussain Bhat and Group Captain Varun Singh of the India Air Force (IAF) were posthumously awarded the Kirti Chakra and the Shaurya Chakra posthumously by President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday. Wartime gallantry awards Param Vir Chakra — Highest military award, equivalent to the Victoria Cross (which was replaced once India gained … Read more