CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Kerala government will set up India’s first space tech park at Thiruvananthapuram’s Knowledge City. The move is aimed at making the city a manufacturing hub for space-related technology. A space museum named after former President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam will also be a part of the infrastructure.

Detailed explanation-2: -An initial capital of Rs 2 crore was also sanctioned. 18.56 acres of Technopark land will be handed over to the new society for space park. It was decided to start the country’s first space park in Thiruvananthapuram in July 2019.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Kerala government will set up India’s first space tech park at the Thiruvananthapuram’s Knowledge City. The move is expected to make the city a manufacturing hub for space-related technology.

Detailed explanation-4: -Dr S Somanath, Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) inaugurated the Ananth Technologies’ new state of the art spacecraft manufacturing facility at Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) Aerospace Park, Bengaluru, Karnataka. This is India’s first such facility in the private sector.

Detailed explanation-5: -INDIA, Karnataka, Bangalore: India’s First High Tech City.