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TopicChinese app ban

Topic: Chinese app ban

TikTok challenges Trump ban on app in court, sues US govt

In its complaint, TikTok says Trump exceeded his authority when he moved to ban the app and did so for political reasons. It also said the move violates the company's free speech rights.

Trump’s security advisor defends ban on Tik Tok, WeChat as move against ‘aggressive China’

The US banned TikTok and WeChat from 20 September, marking them as prejudicial to sovereignty, integrity and security of the country.

India’s ban on apps not beneficial to either country & violates WTO rules, says China

India Wednesday banned 118 mobile apps with Chinese links, including the popular game PUBG, citing data privacy concerns after fresh border clashes with China.

How India bans apps, can ban be beaten? All you want to know about govt’s China app ban

Experts offer answers on the multiple questions surrounding India’s ban on Chinese apps, which comes amid soaring border tensions between the nations.

Modi’s surgical strike on PUBG draws a new political line in Indian families

After the JEE-NEET saga, PUBG’s ban is more bad news for Indian students, who earned big bucks live streaming themselves shooting pixelated figures on a screen.

PUBG, Baidu to WeChat Work — Here’s the full list of 118 Chinese apps banned by Modi govt

Modi govt announced a ban on 118 Chinese apps Wednesday following fresh clashes between India and China at the border. This is in addition to the 59 apps that were banned in June.

Not just TikTok, US will go after other Chinese software too, Pompeo says

The Secretary of State says the US will announce measures shortly against a broad array of Chinese-owned software deemed to pose national-security risks.

Get tougher on Chinese firms, Policybazaar & MobiKwik urge Modi govt

The stance of Policybazaar & MobiKwik reflects a shift in sentiment against China after Ladakh and a wave of techno-nationalism as Covid pummels economies.

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Was India’s public sector born out of European envy?

For all its obvious blemishes, capitalism alone holds out the most creative and dynamic force that any civilization has ever discovered, wrote BP Godrej in 1980.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

2 Assam Rifles personnel killed as convoy ambushed in Manipur, on ‘same route Modi took’ fortnight ago

This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border. 

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.