Quick notes: Drone startup | Veggie burger...

• Hyderabad startup making waves with its drone tech: The Thanos team, with its in-house carbon-fibre based multicopter, had surmounted the challenge with immense precision.



• Chinese-built armed drones for Pak: Beijing had agreed to supply up to 48 Wing Loong II drones to Pakistan in a deal that would also include licence manufacturing. China is a “no-questions-asked exporter of drones”



• Han deception: After govt clampdown, Chinese sellers in India now undervaluing goods on invoices Previously, the govt clamped down on Chinese e-commerce sellers sending large shipments of products marked as gifts to evade import duties



• Impose costs on China for Azhar backing: Diplomacy works best when backed by the fear of cost in terms of real and serious economic loss and/or political-military and security disadvantage. It is not too late to inject correctives in the present China policy, one that emphasizes paying Beijing back in its own coin and no nonsense about it. Alas, the Modi-Doval combo is simply not up to it, they don’t have it in them to do something really meaningful.



• Airport face recognition systems:

Wow! China Airport face recognition systems to help you check your flight status and find the way to your gate. Note I did not input anything, it accurately identified my full flight information from my face! pic.twitter.com/5ASdrwA7wj

— Matthew Brennan (@mbrennanchina) March 24, 2019




• Vegetarian burgers: Burger King and Silicon Valley startup Impossible Foods announced the rollout of the Impossible Whopper.



• Rajan Anandan, Startup Guru: A Sri Lankan Tamil, Anandan’s understanding of the region helped Google launch several India-focused initiatives that have not only helped the company financially but also boosted its goodwill.

  We're thrilled to welcome @RajanAnandan to the leadership team @sequoia_India as investment advisor & mentor to the @_surgeahead founders. Rajan's depth of experience & expertise will be invaluable in this journey!https://t.co/jgxC8uu8HP

  — Sequoia_India (@Sequoia_India) April 2, 2019




• Bengaluru closes in on Delhi, has 80 lakh vehicles: Limited infrastructure and lack of regulation will only worsen the situation in the coming days. “Developed countries are already taking steps like congestion tax and high registration and parking fees. We should introduce it now,” 



• Digital tax: Austria proposes taxing internet giants (such as as Google and Facebook) 5% of ad revenue. Other countries including Britain, Spain, Japan, Singapore and India are also working on similar schemes.



• Mental well-being: Scandinavia may not be the happiest place on Earth after all