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Indian government bans an additional 118 Chinese mobile apps

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Apps including Ali Baba’s payment service ALIPAY and gaming app PUBG have been banned amid border tensions with China. In June, the Indian government banned 59 Chinese apps, including TikTok.

Apps including Ali Baba’s payment service ALIPAY and gaming app PUBG have been banned amid border tensions with China. In June, the Indian government banned 59 Chinese apps, including TikTok.

  1. 2 Sep 2020

    Ministry of Information & Technology bans PUBG and 118 other mobile applications

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  2. 2 Sep 2020

    : Days after renewed skirmish on the Indo-China border, the IT Ministry has banned another 118 apps under Section 69A citing activities "prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity" bringing total banned apps to 224.

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  3. 2 Sep 2020

    Breaking News: 118 more Chinese mobile Apps banned including PUBG by the IT Ministry

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  4. 2 Sep 2020

    Banned apps: PUBG, CamCard, Baidu, Cut Cut, VooV, Tencent Weiyun, Rise of Kingdoms, Zakzak

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  5. 2 Sep 2020

    List of 118 mobile Apps from China banned by Govt of India over and above the 59 Apps banned earlier.

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  6. 2 Sep 2020

    Ban on 118 Chinese apps including is not an isolated action. It comes along with actions on trade, diplomatic ring-fencing and military action against unprecedented in over five decades.

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  7. 2 Sep 2020

    India has banned more than 100 additional apps with linkage to China including PUBG for "security" reasons. PUBG is by far the most popular app among the newly banned apps. It had >40 million monthly active users in India

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  8. 2 Sep 2020

    Few days ago government spoke about creating more jobs in the gaming sector and now they’ve banned an app that gave countless jobs to aspiring gamers in this country. PuBg created hope for a millions of kids around the country

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  9. 2 Sep 2020

    Banning PUBG while unemployment is high needs a lot of courage.

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  10. 2 Sep 2020

    Banning is a complicated business.

    So PUBG is published & distributed in India by China's Tencent With its ban, Free Fire, which was already giving it a tough fight is likely to gain more users Free Fire is owned by Singapore-based Garena/SEA Ltd, also listed on NYSE It's biggest shareholder? Tencent :)
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  11. 2 Sep 2020

    | Another BIG DIGITAL STRIKE on China. Govt of India bans 118 more Chinese mobile apps including PUBG. Rahul Shivshankar & Navika Kumar on EXPLOSIVE . |

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  12. 29 Jun 2020

    The Indian government has banned 59 Chinese apps, including TikTok.

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