PUBG Video Game App Among 118 New Chinese Apps Banned; Other Big Stories

India on Wednesday banned 118 China-linked mobile apps, including widely popular game PUBG, two months after similar curbs on 59 apps, mostly Chinese, and a month after banning 47 more linked to that country, citing concerns over them being "prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity... defence of India, security of state and public order" amid a months-long standoff with its northern neighbour at the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

The Indian Army has started repositioning its troops even in the "Finger area" on the northern banks of Pangong Tso in Ladakh to "up the ante" against China's People's Liberation Army which intruded into the area in early May.

The government on Wednesday blocked 118 more mobile applications, including popular gaming app PUBG, terming them prejudicial to the sovereignty, integrity and defence of the nation.