India banned fifty four Chinese apps that pose danger to the country’s security, the ministry of electronics and statistics era stated today.
“These fifty four apps allegedly attain diverse crucial permissions and collects touchy person records. These accumulated real-time records are being misused and transmitted to servers positioned in adverse country,” the ministry stated in a statement.
The listing of banned apps include – Sweet Selfie HD, Beauty Camera – Selfie Camera, Garena Free Fire – Illuminate, Viva Video Editor, Tencent Xriver, Onmyoji Arena, AppLock and Dual Space Lite.
In June ultimate year, India banned fifty nine Chinese cellular packages which includes the widely-used social media structures inclusive of TikTok, WeChat, and Helo bringing up a danger to the nation’s sovereignty and security. The apps had been banned below Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology stated.
Nearly three hundred apps were blocked in India in view that border tensions with China in May 2020.
The first spherical of bans turned into introduced in June 2020, days after 20 Indian infantrymen had been killed in a conflict with Chinese troops at Galwan Valley in jap Ladakh.
The jap Ladakh border standoff among the Indian and Chinese militaries erupted on May 5, 2020, following a violent conflict withinside the Pangong Lake regions and each facets steadily more suitable their deployment through dashing in tens of lots of infantrymen in addition to heavy weaponry.
The anxiety had escalated following a lethal conflict withinside the Galwan Valley on June 15 that year.