June 16, 2024 at 08:50PM
JAXA and Astroscale’s satellite, ADRAS-J, successfully approached and observed a space junk target, the upper stage of an H-IIA rocket, demonstrating Japan’s progress in developing commercial space cleaning services. India’s re-elected government appointed Ashwini Vaishnaw as Minister of Railways and Electronics, and Jitin Prasada as Minister of State for Electronics. Other news includes a Singaporean being jailed for deleting virtual machines, Hong Kong testing a pollution-detecting robodog, and Forrester predicting tech spending growth in APAC. Additionally, Australia’s proposal to limit social media access to people over 16 has been endorsed by the government. Various deals and alliances were also announced in APAC, including NTT Data’s stake acquisition in ProvenTech Pvt Ltd and Macquarie Cloud’s collaboration with Dell and Microsoft, among others.
From the meeting notes provided, the following key takeaways can be identified:
1. Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully achieved one of the four goals of its space junk cleaning mission, demonstrating its progress in developing commercial space cleaning services.
2. India’s re-elected government appointed a new minister, Jitin Prasada, as Minister of State in the Electronics and Information Technology portfolio.
3. An Indian national who was previously employed by Singaporean services outfit NCS has been jailed for deleting virtual machines after being dismissed.
4. Hong Kong’s government tested a robot dog to identify pollution, with potential future implications for enhancing environmental investigations and occupational safety.
5. Analyst firm Forrester predicted a surge in tech spending in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, with India expected to be the fastest-growing nation in terms of tech spend in 2024.
6. Australia’s main political parties have endorsed the idea of imposing age restrictions on social media access, and also launched an information sharing scheme to combat financial scams.
7. Notable deals and partnerships in the APAC region included NTT Data’s acquisition of a majority stake in India’s ProvenTech Pvt Ltd and Huawei’s agreement with South African telco MTN to jointly promote large-scale application of key capabilities for network improvement.
These are the summarized takeaways from the provided meeting notes.