Citing security reasons, India has banned 54 Chinese apps in a new order, said reports. The apps include Tencent, Alibaba and NetEase, which are re-branded versions of apps already banned by India in 2020, the Economic Times reported Monday.
The latest move comes as a long-running dispute between the two nuclear-armed nations remains unresolved, after boiling over in a bloody 2020 skirmish that left soldiers from both sides dead and drew tougher laws in India for investments from China, including the original app ban.
A spokesman for the Home Affairs Ministry did not immediately comment on the matter.
Here are the apps that are banned:
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