new delhi india has permanently blocked 59 chinese apps including tiktok almost seven months after issuing showcause notices to ban them following a prolonged border standoff with chinathe ministry of electronics and information technology meity in new notices to the apps last week has said their answers and clarifications following the ban were found to be inadequate as a result the temporary block has now been made permanentthe government had banned 59 chinese apps in june last year referring to them as being prejudicial to indias sovereignty integrity and national security the list included tiktok helo we chat alibabas uc browser and uc news shein club factory likee bigo live kwai clash of kings and cam scanner besides others advt the apps were blocked under section 69 a of the information technology act and relevant provisions under it rules 2009on september 2 the government had banned 118 more apps and in november it blocked 43 new chinese mobile apps in the country including shopping website aliexpress the list of banned chinese apps so far also includes pubg mobile snack video cam card weworkchina and wedatean official familiar with the matter said the decision to impose a permanent ban is aimed at the 59 chinese apps for now ettech published on jan 26 2021 at 0800 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app chinese apps ban pubg mobile india tiktok ban chinese apps banned in india indiachina relations indiachina border standoff homenewsindustryindia to permanently ban 59 chinese apps including tiktok