Current Affairs – 16 August 2022

  • Gallantry Awards announced for personnel of Armed Forces & CAPF

  • 5th Elephant Reserve announced in Agasthyamalai, TN

  • India-made Howitzer Guns delivered the 21-gun salute on Independence Day
    • Developed by the DRDO
    • It is Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS)

  • 3.43 Crore children in the age group 0 to 5 Years have been enrolled in Bal Aadhaar initiative by the end of July 2022

  • Roshni‘: India’s 1st Saline water LED Lantern developed by National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai