42 'dangerous' Chinese Apps

Chinese online fast fashion brand Shein has re-entered the India market almost five years since its ban through the country's leading retailer Reliance Retail. Shein India Fast Fashion App from Reliance Retail currently has over 10,000 downloads on Google's Play Store and is ranked among the top-10 among peers on Apple's store. The brand, now based in Singapore, offers affordable fashion products through its app and online stores in India -- one of its fastest-growing markets. Shein was one of the apps that was banned by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in June 2020 after escalation of tensions with China. Almost three years after getting banned in India, Shein signed a partnership in 2023 with Reliance Retail, led by Isha Ambani, the daughter of billionaire Mukesh Ambani. Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd (RRVL) through its subsidiary RRL (Reliance Retail Ltd), had entered into a technology agreement with Roadget Business Pte Ltd, which owns Shein, to develop an

Familiar to Chinese who use the service not just as a repository for travel and pet videos but also a live online marketplace, its rise in the US took many in the industry by surprise

The agreement will require Reliance's retail arm to fully own the domestic business, people familiar with the matter said

Google has suspended the Chinese shopping app Pinduoduo on its app store after malware was discovered in versions of the app from other sources. Google said in a statement Tuesday that it suspended the Pinduoduo app on the Google Play app store out of security concerns and that it was investigating the matter. The suspension of the Pinduoduo app - mainly used in China - comes amid heightened US-China tensions over Chinese-owned apps such as TikTok, which some US lawmakers say could be a national security threat. They allege that such apps could be used to spy on American users. Pinduoduo is a popular e-commerce app in China which often offers discounts if users team up to buy multiples of an item. Google warned users Tuesday to uninstall any Pinduoduo app not downloaded from its own Play store. Google Play Protect enforcement has been set to block installation attempts of these identified malicious apps, Google said in its statement. Users that have malicious versions of the app ..

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has formally issued a notification banning the operations of 54 Chinese apps in India as several of such apps from Tencent and Alibaba

Umang Bedi's firm VerSe capitalised on the ban on Chinese apps by launching 'Josh', which claims to have over 77 million monthly active users, 36 million daily users ad 1.5 billion video plays a day

A Delhi court has asked a lawyer to avoid the use of banned Chinese app CamScanner, used for scanning documents, in legal work.

Apps said they're working for the development of the Indian economy and contributing to employment generation

He also praised India's decision to ban 59 Chinese apps, including TikTok, which he said are "security risks" to the Indian people.

The account was launched amid much fanfare in 2015 prior to his first China visit as PM.

The order came after the government this week banned several Chinese apps including ByteDance's TikTok, Alibaba's UC News and Tencent's WeChat citing "threat to sovereignty and integrity.

On Monday, the government imposed an interim ban on 59 popular Chinese apps including TikTok, Helo, and mobile game PUBG.

Xiaomi has banked on its fans in Mi Community and word-of-mouth publicity to grow in India. Mi Community is now banned.

The spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in India, Ji Rong, said that the move has been discriminatory and selective, and may have violated World Trade Organization (WTO) rules.

The short video-sharing company said it has been invited to meet with concerned government stakeholders for an opportunity to respond and submit clarifications.

TikTok was removed from Google and Apple app stores in India after New Delhi said on Monday night it was among the 59 apps which it believed posed a "threat to sovereignty and integrity"

Asserting that India has to be a data sovereign country, Kant also said apps must be transparent in terms of origin and final destination of data

This comes at a time when anti-China sentiments are simmering in the country amid rising tension on the Indo-China border and the disruption in lives on account of the Covid-19 pandemic

Intelligence agencies have asked users to un-install these apps and format their smartphone on an immediate basis