The Indian government on Wednesday banned 118 Chinese mobile applications, including the mainstream online multiplayer game PUBG, after a new round of border showdown with China in eastern Ladakh.
In an announcement, the Ministry of Electronics and Information and Technology said the applications were banned as “they are occupied with exercises biased to sway and trustworthiness of India, safeguard of India, the security of the state and open request”.
This is the third round of crackdown by the administration on Chinese-connected applications following the Galway Valley conflicts in June in which 20 Indian officers were executed.
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News18 a month ago had provided details regarding the proposed prohibition on applications like PUBG, Ludo, and li Express. Different applications prohibited on Wednesday incorporate symbols of uses restricted beforehand, as TikTok and WeChat, Youku, Baidu, Baidu Express, and Ali Pay.
“This move will shield the interests of crores of Indian portable and web clients. This choice is focused on the move to guarantee wellbeing, security, and power of Indian the internet,” said the service proclamation. It included that it has gotten numerous grumblings from different sources, including reports about abuse of some portable applications accessible on Android and iOS stages, for taking and secretly communicating clients’ information in an unapproved way to workers situated external India.
“The aggregation of this information, its mining, and profiling by components threatening to public security and guard of India, which eventually encroaches upon the power and trustworthiness of India, involves extremely profound and prompt concern which requires crisis measures,” it said.
Inviting the boycott, Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) secretary-general Praveen Khandelwal stated, “in the interest of the business network of the nation, we offer our thanks and praises to the government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for making such a significant stride according to the desires of the individuals of India. Applications like PUBG were ruining the people to come.”
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The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Center under the Ministry of Home Affairs has additionally sent a thorough proposal for obstructing these malevolent applications, said the announcement.
“In like manner, there have been comparable bipartisan concerns, hailed by different open delegates, both outside and inside the Parliament of India. There has been a solid melody in the open space to make a severe move against applications that hurt India’s power just as the protection of our residents,” it included.
“Based on these and after accepting of ongoing sound information sources that data posted, authorizations looked for, usefulness installed just as information reaping practices of above-expressed Apps raise genuine worries that these applications gather and offer information in a clandestine way and bargain individual information and data of clients that can have an extreme danger to the security of the state,” it said.
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List of Apps banned are:
1. APUS Launcher Pro- Theme, Live Wallpapers, Smart
2. APUS Launcher-Theme, Call Show, Wallpaper, HideApps
3. APUS Security -Antivirus, Phone Security, Cleaner
4. APUS Turbo Cleaner 2020- Junk Cleaner, Anti-Virus
5. APUS Flashlight-Free & Bright
6. Cut Cut – Cut Out & Photo Background Editor
7. Baidu
8. Baidu Express Edition
9. FaceU – Inspire your Beauty
10. ShareSave by Xiaomi: Latest gadgets, amazing deals
11. CamCard – Business Card Reader
12. CamCard Business
13. CamCard for Salesforce
14. CamOCR
15. InNote
16. VooV Meeting – Tencent Video Conferencing
17. Super Clean – Master of Cleaner, Phone Booster
18. WeChat reading
19. Government WeChat
20. Small Q brush
21. Tencent Weiyun
22. Pitu
23. WeChat Work
24. Cyber Hunter
25. Cyber Hunter Lite
26. Knives Out-No rules, just fight!
27. Super Mecha Champions
28. LifeAfter
29. Dawn of Isles
30. Ludo World-Ludo Superstar
31. Chess Rush
32. PUBG MOBILE Nordic Map: Livik
33. PUBG MOBILE LITE
34. Rise of Kingdoms: Lost Crusade
35. Art of Conquest: Dark Horizon
36. Dank Tanks
37. Warpath
38. Game of Sultans
39. Gallery Vault – Hide Pictures And Videos
40. Smart AppLock (App Protect)
41. Message Lock (SMS Lock)-Gallery Vault Developer Team
42. Hide App-Hide Application Icon
43. AppLock
44. AppLock Lite
45. Dual Space – Multiple Accounts & App Cloner
46. ZAKZAK Pro – Live chat & video chat online
47. ZAKZAK LIVE: live-streaming & video chat app
48. Music – Mp3 Player
49. Music Player – Audio Player & 10 Bands Equalizer
50. HD Camera Selfie Beauty Camera
51. Cleaner – Phone Booster
52. Web Browser & Fast Explorer
53. Video Player All Format for Android
54. Photo Gallery HD & Editor
55. Photo Gallery & Album
56. Music Player – Bass Booster – Free Download
57. HD Camera – Beauty Cam with Filters & Panorama
58. HD Camera Pro & Selfie Camera
59. Music Player – MP3 Player & 10 Bands Equalizer
60. Gallery HD
61. Web Browser – Fast, Privacy & Light Web Explorer
62. Web Browser – Secure Explorer
63. Music player – Audio Player
64. Video Player – All Format HD Video Player
65. Lamour Love All Over The World
66. Amour- video chat & call all over the world.
67. MV Master – Make Your Status Video & Community
68. MV Master – Best Video Maker & Photo Video Editor
69. APUS Message Center-Intelligent management
70. LivU Meet new people & Video chat with strangers
71. Carrom Friends : Carrom Board & Pool Game-
72. Ludo All Star- Play Online Ludo Game & Board Games
73. Bike Racing : Moto Traffic Rider Bike Racing Games
74. Rangers Of Oblivion : Online Action MMO RPG Game
75. Z Camera – Photo Editor, Beauty Selfie, Collage
76. GO SMS Pro – Messenger, Free Themes, Emoji
77. U-Dictionary: Oxford Dictionary Free Now Translate
78. Ulike – Define your selfie in trendy style
79. Tantan – Date For Real
80. MICO Chat: New Friends Banaen aur Live Chat karen
81. Kitty Live – Live Streaming & Video Live Chat
82. Malay Social Dating App to Date & Meet Singles
83. Alipay
84. AlipayHK
85. Mobile Taobao
86. Youku
87. Road of Kings- Endless Glory
88. Sina News
89. Netease News
90. Penguin FM
91. Murderous Pursuits
92. Tencent Watchlist (Tencent Technology
93. Learn Chinese AI-Super Chinese
94. HUYA LIVE – Game Live Stream
95. Little Q Album
96. Fighting Landlords – Free and happy Fighting Landlords
97. Hi Meitu
98. Mobile Legends: Pocket
99. VPN for TikTok
100. VPN for TikTok
101. Penguin E-sports Live assistant
102. Buy Cars-offer everything you need, special offers and low prices
103. iPick
104. Beauty Camera Plus – Sweet Camera & Face Selfie
105. Parallel Space Lite – Dual App
106. “Chief Almighty: First Thunder BC
107. MARVEL Super War NetEase Games
108. AFK Arena
109. Creative Destruction NetEase Games
110. Crusaders of Light NetEase Games
111. Mafia City Yotta Games
112. Onmyoji NetEase Games
113. Ride Out Heroes NetEase Games
114. Yimeng Jianghu-Chu Liuxiang has been fully upgraded
115. Legend: Rising Empire NetEase Games
116. Arena of Valor: 5v5 Arena Games
117. Soul Hunters
118. Rules of Survival
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