Read more about Google, Apple pull down Chinese apps banned in India from app stores on Business Standard. 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
After the Indian government banned Tencent’s Xriver, Garena’s Free Fire, NetEase’s Onmyoji Arena and Astracraft along with 50 more Chinese apps in a fresh strike, on Monday said it has temporarily blocked the access of the notified apps on Play Store. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has formally issued a notification banning the operations of 54 Chinese apps in India, as several of such apps from the stable of Chinese companies like Tencent and Alibaba, changed hands to hide ownership. „On receipt of the interim order passed under Section 69A of the IT Act, following established process, we have notified the affected developers and have temporarily blocked access to the apps that remained available on the Play Store in India,“ India said in a statement.
