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- India
Congress demands White Paper on dubious Chinese app scam in Gujarat
New Delhi: Congress on Friday demanded a White Paper on the multi-crore scam involving at least Rs 1,400 crore, committed by a Chinese national while staying in Gujarat. The Congress also questioned…
- Technology
Explained: Why and how BGMI was blocked in India
New Delhi: After blocking several Chinese apps two years back, including PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) over national security concerns, the Indian government has now blocked the PUBG-like battle royale game Battlegrounds Mobile India…
- Technology
Chinese app TikTok begins laying off people amid restructuring
New Delhi: Chinese short-video making app TikTok has started sacking employees worldwide as part of “a much larger re-organisation effort”. Owned by ByteDance and banned in India for last two years, TikTok…
- Hyderabad
Chinese instant loan companies operating from Nepal: Hyderabad cops
Hyderabad: The Chinese instant loan app case’s probe is hitting a dead end with the city police tracing calls from company executives to Nepal. According to the police, loan apps companies shifted…
- India
India to ban 54 more Chinese apps citing security threat
New Delhi: The Government of India will ban 54 more Chinese apps that pose a threat to India’s security, informed sources on Monday. “Government of India to ban 54 Chinese apps that…
- Technology
Chinese apps making profit in India despite facing ban
New Delhi: Despite India banning certain popular Chinese apps in the wake of border skirmishes with China last year, some of those apps are still present, and thriving, in the country with different…
- Pakistan
TikTok: Pakistan court orders suspension of the app for spreading ‘immorality, obscenity’
Islamabad: A Pakistani court on Monday once again ordered the suspension of Chinese video-sharing application TikTok, nearly three months after the ban was lifted from the popular app. The order was issued…
- Middle East
Saudi closes 184 Chinese websites for marketing fake products
Riyadh: Saudi ministry of commerce on Sunday shut down 184 Chinese business websites selling low-quality, counterfeit products, reports said. These websites sell products by giving fake advertisements and making false promises on…
- India
India’s apex child rights body ‘not in favour’ of PUBG relaunch in India
New Delhi: India’s apex child rights body NCPCR has said it will not be appropriate to relaunch popular gaming app PUBG in the country until legislations are in place for such online games,…
- Top Stories
US bans TikTok and WeChat to safeguard national security
Washington: The US on Friday issued orders to ban popular Chinese social media apps TikTok and WeChat from Sunday to safeguard national security, weeks after India banned them, saying they were prejudicial to…
- Top Stories
PUBG, 273 other apps might soon be banned in India
New Delhi: After ban on TikTok and 59 other Chinese apps last month, the government has created a new list of apps to examine them if they pose any risk to national…
- Technology
US looking at banning TikTok, other Chinese apps: Pompeo
Washington: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that Washington was looking at banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok. In a Fox News interview on Monday, Pompeo said that “we’re taking…
- World
US welcomes India’s ‘clean app’ policy banning Chinese apps
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has welcomed India’s ban on 59 Chinese apps, saying the “clean app” policy will promote India’s national security against the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) spying…
- Technology
Chingari: An Indian social app alternative to Chinese TikTok
NEW DELHI: Indians have rushed to download social app Chingari, a desi alternative to Chinese TikTok, which is witnessing nearly 1 lakh downloads and over 2 million views per hour since the…
- Business
India Inc will rise to the occasion, asserts Anand Mahindra
NEW DELHI: Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra said on Tuesday that India Inc will rise to the occasion to counter “the Chinese provocation” that not many Indian goods are manufactured. “I suspect…
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