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IT Ministry has blocked 224 apps in interest of national security: Dhotre

The IT ministry has blocked 224 mobile apps in the interest of national security and sovereignty, Parliament was informed on Wednesday

For banned apps, return is tough as China shadow spoils the game

Bringing a local or non-Chinese partner onboard opens up the possibility of legal recourse to have the ban diluted or revoked

PM to launch flagship fisheries scheme, app for farmers on Thursday

PM Modi will digitally launch the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana and also inaugurate e-Gopala App, a comprehensive breed improvement marketplace and information portal for direct use of farmers

TikTok emerges world's most downloaded non-gaming app in August: Report

Despite facing several challenges, short video-sharing platform TikTok emerged the most downloaded non-gaming app worldwide for August with over 63.3 million installs, a 1.6% increase from August 2019

China opposes India banning mobile apps, asks for 'correction of mistakes'

Indian actions violate the legal interests of Chinese investors and services providers and China asks India to correct its mistakes, commerce ministry spokesman Gao Feng said

PLA aggression in Pangong resumes, Indian Special Forces launch a counter

Thousands of soldiers climbed up mountain peaks for about six hours to claim the vantage points along the south bank of Pangong Tso

India bans 118 Chinese apps including PUBG: Here's the full list of apps

Indian Cyber Coordination Centre and Home Ministry recommended blocking 'malicious' apps, says statement

All-in-one app race heats up with Tata's plan to roll out one by Jan 2021

Reliance Jio, which signed a $5.7 bn deal with Whatsapp owner Facebook, is building its own digital empire by entering the hot e-commerce space in the grocery segment with its JioMart

Video-sharing app Chingari attracts $1.3 mn through seed round funding

Indigenous short video-sharing app Chingari has attracted a funding of $1.3 million in a seed round.

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