Indian Government Strikes Again, 43 Chinese Apps Banned from Playstore

Posted on the 24 November 2020 by Mayankgupta


The Indian government has banned more 43 Chinese Apps including AliExpress, CamCard, Taobao Live from the Indian Playstore. The government official said these apps were “engaging in activities which are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India. Earlier, The Indian government had banned a total of 59 Chinese Apps back in June and more than 117 Chinese Apps in September.


As per the statement of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, the government has imposed the ban under the provisions of Section 69A of the Information Technology Action.


The officials said: “This action was taken based on the inputs regarding these apps for engaging in activities which are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, the security of the state and public order,”


The ministry also said that it had issued the order for blocking access of these Chinese apps by users in the country based on “comprehensive reports received from Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Center, Ministry of Home Affairs.”


As earlier mentioned, The Indian government had also banned  59 apps which included TikTok, Shareit, UC Browser, and WeChat back in June and 118 apps including PUBG Mobile and PUBG Mobile Lite in September. Recently, More 47 Apps also got banned from the play store because these applications were almost the same copy of the already banned apps.


However, the Indian government hasn’t shared any particular information as, why these Chinese apps getting banned from Indian Playstore.


List of 43 Application banned by the government:

AliSuppliers Mobile App

Alibaba Workbench

AliExpress – Smarter Shopping, Better Living

Alipay Cashier

Lalamove India – Delivery App

Drive with Lalamove India

Snack Video

CamCard – Business Card Reader

CamCard – BCR (Western)

Soul- Follow the soul to find you

Chinese Social – Free Online Dating Video App & Chat

Date in Asia – Dating & Chat For Asian Singles

WeDate-Dating App

Free dating app-Singol, start your date!

Adore App

TrulyChinese – Chinese Dating App

TrulyAsian – Asian Dating App

ChinaLove: dating app for Chinese singles

DateMyAge: Chat, Meet, Date Mature Singles Online

AsianDate: find Asian singles

FlirtWish: chat with singles

Guys Only Dating: Gay Chat

Tubit: Live Streams

WeWorkChina

First Love Live- super hot live beauties live online

Rela – Lesbian Social Network

Cashier Wallet

MangoTV

MGTV-HunanTV official TV APP

WeTV – TV version

WeTV – Cdrama, Kdrama&More

WeTV Lite

Lucky Live-Live Video Streaming App

Taobao Live

DingTalk

Identity V

Isoland 2: Ashes of Time

BoxStar (Early Access)

Heroes Evolved

Happy Fish

Jellipop Match-Decorate your dream island!

Munchkin Match: magic home building

Conquista Online II


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