Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian to visit the International Space Station, has been awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peacetime gallantry award. The award recognizes his contributions to the Axiom-4 mission and India's advancements in human space exploration.
There are two questions that come up for perusal at this point of time: 1. How important is an approver be in this case? 2. Is the CBI an independent body?