Indian drone manufacturers slated to receive govt incentives A total of 14 industry players have qualified for receiving benefits under the government's Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for drones and drone components, according to a press release by the Ministry of Civil Aviation. To be eligible, drone manufacturers have to report an annual sales turnover of Rs 2 crores while the threshold for companies producing drone parts is Rs 50 lakhs, besides a value addition of over 40% of sales turnover. YouTube takes down account of Hong Kong leader facing US sanctions The YouTube channel of John Lee who is in the running to be Hong Kong's next chief executive was shut down by the platform in compliance with US sanctions, the Washington Post reported. “Google complies with applicable US sanctions laws and enforces related policies under its Terms of Service,” a company spokesperson told the Post. Jio overtakes Airtel as second largest fixed-line service provider Data from India's telecom regulator has revealed that Reliance Jio has taken the lead over Bharti Airtel to become the country's second largest fixed-line service provider in February 2022, PTI said in a report. Jio's wireline subscriber base touched 58.85 lakh while Airtel's customer base came up to be 57.66 lakh in February, the report added. However, government-owned BSNL retained top spot at 75.76 lakh wireline customers. Nigeria bars calls from mobile numbers not linked with national ID Over 73 million SIM cards have been stopped by the Nigerian government from making outgoing calls because they have not…
