India has banned 54 Chinese apps in a new order citing security concerns, according to the Economic Times, in the latest instance of tensions between the two neighbours locked in a protracted border dispute hurting business dealings.
The ministry of electronics and IT banned the apps for allegedly transferring data of Indians to servers in China and other foreign countries. The apps belong to large China tech firms such as Tencent, Alibaba and NetEase, that are re-branded versions of apps already banned by India in 2020, said the newspaper.
The ministry has asked Google Playstore and other electronic stores to