India Bans 59 Chinese Apps: Might Be A Permanent Ban

In the wake of a massive spike in tensions between India and China following the Galwan Valley clash, The Government of India has announced a ban on 59 Chinese Apps including most popular TikTok, UC Browser, CamScanner, ShareIt, etc. Indian government officials said they plan to impose higher trade barriers and raise import duties on around 300 products from China. India currently has a $59.3bn trade deficit with China, with 11% of India’s imports coming from China. Government has decided to disallow the usage of these apps both in mobile and non-mobile Internet-enabled devices; due to diverting data and compromising privacy of users. Over the last couple of months there has been tremendous amount of Information Technology activity from the Chinese sites. The presser notes that the Ministry of Information Technology has received many complaints from various sources about misuse of some mobile apps for stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users’ data in an unauth...