Chinese Apps Ban In India

TikTok will not be allowed on the work phones of the Belgian federal government employees, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said on Friday. The Belgian national security council had warned of the risks associated with the large amounts of data collected by TikTok, which is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance.

The IT ministry has given 48 hours to banned websites and apps to prove their genuineness, a senior government official said on Thursday.  Another senior official from the ministry said the ban has been imposed on the platforms because their businesses were not genuine. The government last week ordered blocking of 232 apps operated by overseas ent...

Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has issued orders to block these apps following instructions from Ministry of Home Affairs.

The Indian government is said to have blocked BGMI, the popular battle royale game from Krafton, under the same provision of its IT law used in 2020 to ban Chinese apps. Section 69A of India's IT law allows the government to block public access to content in the interest of national security, among other reasons. Here's how Krafton and the Indian e...

Jiya Kiran Valambhia's success story as a social media influencer is a familiar one in the age of TikTok.

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in New Delhi for talks on Friday, the highest-level meetings since border clashes two years ago strained diplomatic ties between the nuclear-armed Asian giants.

China on Thursday expressed serious concerns regarding India's ban of Chinese apps over security reasons, adding that it hopes India would treat all foreign investors, including Chinese firms, in a transparent, fair and non-discriminatory manner.

Garena Free Fire and AppLock are available for download in India through Samsung’s Galaxy Store despite the ban that came into force on Monday.

Sea Ltd-owned game Free Fire is currently unavailable in app stores in India, unit Garena International said late on Monday, after media reports said the country had banned 54 apps of Chinese origin over security reasons.

Government has ordered to ban 54 apps including Tencent’s Xriver and gaming firm NetEase’s Onmyoji Arena that have links to China and pose threat to the country’s security, according to sources. Google and Apple have been informed to block access to these apps.

India banned 54 Chinese apps that pose threat to the country's security, the ministry of electronics and information technology said today.

ShareChat said it had raised $266 million (roughly Rs. 2,030 crore) in fresh funding from US-based Alkeon and some existing investors, pushing its valuation to $3.7 billion (roughly Rs. 28,210 crore).

TikTok may make a comeback in India soon as its parent company ByteDance is found to have filed for its trademark with the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks. The short-form video app was banned in June last year, among 59 Chinese apps.

The Shiv Sena on Thursday slammed the Centre saying that on the one hand it called for a boycott of Chinese products and banned some apps of that country after the border standoff, on the other hand the neighbouring country emerged as India's top trading partner in 2020.

TikTok parent company ByteDance is said to be exploring the sale of TikTok India business to rival firm Glance, according to a Bloomberg report. The talks reportedly initiated by Softbank are said to in the early stages.

TikTok will not be allowed on the work phones of the Belgian federal government employees, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said on Friday. The Belgian national security council had warned of the risks associated with the large amounts of data collected by TikTok, which is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance.

The IT ministry has given 48 hours to banned websites and apps to prove their genuineness, a senior government official said on Thursday.  Another senior official from the ministry said the ban has been imposed on the platforms because their businesses were not genuine. The government last week ordered blocking of 232 apps operated by overseas ent...

Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has issued orders to block these apps following instructions from Ministry of Home Affairs.

The Indian government is said to have blocked BGMI, the popular battle royale game from Krafton, under the same provision of its IT law used in 2020 to ban Chinese apps. Section 69A of India's IT law allows the government to block public access to content in the interest of national security, among other reasons. Here's how Krafton and the Indian e...

Jiya Kiran Valambhia's success story as a social media influencer is a familiar one in the age of TikTok.

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in New Delhi for talks on Friday, the highest-level meetings since border clashes two years ago strained diplomatic ties between the nuclear-armed Asian giants.

China on Thursday expressed serious concerns regarding India's ban of Chinese apps over security reasons, adding that it hopes India would treat all foreign investors, including Chinese firms, in a transparent, fair and non-discriminatory manner.

Garena Free Fire and AppLock are available for download in India through Samsung’s Galaxy Store despite the ban that came into force on Monday.

Sea Ltd-owned game Free Fire is currently unavailable in app stores in India, unit Garena International said late on Monday, after media reports said the country had banned 54 apps of Chinese origin over security reasons.

Government has ordered to ban 54 apps including Tencent’s Xriver and gaming firm NetEase’s Onmyoji Arena that have links to China and pose threat to the country’s security, according to sources. Google and Apple have been informed to block access to these apps.

India banned 54 Chinese apps that pose threat to the country's security, the ministry of electronics and information technology said today.

ShareChat said it had raised $266 million (roughly Rs. 2,030 crore) in fresh funding from US-based Alkeon and some existing investors, pushing its valuation to $3.7 billion (roughly Rs. 28,210 crore).

TikTok may make a comeback in India soon as its parent company ByteDance is found to have filed for its trademark with the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks. The short-form video app was banned in June last year, among 59 Chinese apps.

The Shiv Sena on Thursday slammed the Centre saying that on the one hand it called for a boycott of Chinese products and banned some apps of that country after the border standoff, on the other hand the neighbouring country emerged as India's top trading partner in 2020.

TikTok parent company ByteDance is said to be exploring the sale of TikTok India business to rival firm Glance, according to a Bloomberg report. The talks reportedly initiated by Softbank are said to in the early stages.