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India's second digital strike: 47 more Chinese mobile apps blocked

Clones or lite versions of 59 apps banned earlier, say sources

Govt bans 47 clones and variants of 59 Chinese apps banned in June

These banned clones include Tiktok Lite, Helo Lite, SHAREit Lite, BIGO LIVE Lite and VFY Lite

JioMart debuts on Apple app store, Google Play Store downloads cross 1 mn

With the launch of the app, JioMart has now enabled increased omni-platform interface bringing seamless and enhanced accessibility to consumers

Clones of banned Chinese apps return to mobile phones in India

After India banned 59 Chinese apps last month, at least three more China-based video apps - Snack Video, Likee Lite, and Zili - have now made it to the list of top 10 downloaded apps in India

Govt gets 2,353 entries for Atmanirbhar Bharat App, extends deadline

The contest, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 4 to reduce dependency on foreign apps, has received 2,353 entries under various categories from Indian entities

Microsoft joins Google to create new generation Progressive Web Apps

Microsoft and Google have joined hands to help web developers get their Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) into the Play Store.

We'll be investing, hiring heavily in India over 5 years: Zoom President

Velchamy Sankarlingam also addressed the issue of Zoom's origin and identity, which has often been wrongly mentioned as Chinese

Top Headlines: LG Polymers probe, US may ban Chinese apps, and more

The Trump administration has a new rule that may force some foreign students to leave the US.

Jaipur-based firm develops app to support video call with 2,000 people

The CEO said there is no limit as to how many people can attend a meeting in a session as it will depend on the bandwidth and hosting facility available with the user

Chinese app ban: PM urges start-ups to create 'Atmanirbhar' App ecosystem

He said the app innovation challenge is for those who have such a working product or if they feel they have the vision and expertise to create such products

TikTok anticipates a loss of over $6 billion from India's ban: Report

Besides Tiktok, India banned on Monday 58 other apps with Chinese links, including the popular UC Browser

TikTok's alternative Chingari crosses 10 mn downloads on Google Play Store

Social app Chingari, a desi alternative to Chinese TikTok, on Friday said it has crossed 10 million downloads on Google Play Store and content creators are making a beeline to join the app.

Amazon Prime Video app arrives on Windows 10 devices for Indian users

Amazon has announced that its customers in India can now access Prime Video through a dedicated app available on the Microsoft Store on Windows 10 devices.

China sees India's ban on apps as 'discriminatory', calls for reversal

Chinese Commerce Ministry Spokesman Gao Feng said that China has not taken any restrictive measures against Indian products and services

Chinese app ban is an opportunity to US, Indian starts-ups: Advocacy group

A US-India business advocacy group has welcomed India's ban on Chinese apps, including TikTok, saying the move will provide opportunities to American and Indian start-ups. Amidst escalating tensions with China in eastern Ladakh, the Indian government on Monday banned 59 mobile phone applications, mostly having Chinese links, citing threats to national security. Mukesh Aghi, president of US-India Strategic and Partnership Forum, told PTI on Wednesday that this is India's internal security matter. India felt that a lot of these apps were accessing and transferring data. We feel that the steps taken by India is to protect its own internal security, and we support that. It (banning of apps) does provide the opportunity for US companies. But I think it provides more opportunities for Indian companies to step up and build domestic apps. Because that's one area in India that has tremendous strength, he said. This gives more opportunity to Indian companies to access this market, he ...

India to give befitting reply if anyone casts evil eye: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Union Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad called the ban on Chinese apps a "digital strike"

Chinese app ban to create funding hurdle for Indian unicorns and soonicorns

Experts foresee major impact on new investments by Chinese players in companies such as Paytm, Ola, BigBasket, Dream11, MakeMyTrip, and Swiggy, when they go for follow-up funding

Chingari to Trell: Desi apps upbeat after India's digital strike on China

While the Indian alternatives are seeing a huge surge in usage, experts believe that their dream run could be short-lived if the government decides to overturn the ban

Pompeo welcomes Chinese app ban, says it will 'boost' India's security

The ban comes in the backdrop of the current stand-off along the Line of Actual control in eastern Ladakh with Chinese troops

Chinese tech giants may move writ petition against India's ban on apps

They believe the move is arbitrary and discriminatory and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution