NEW DELHI: India on Monday banned 47 more apps with links to China, most being clones or from the same parent company whose main applications were banned last month, a source said.
The banned clones include TikTok Lite, Helo Lite, Shareit Lite and Bigo Live Lite, among others. A complete list of the banned applications has not been released yet.
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After the fresh ban on 47 apps, the total number of mobile applications banned for being prejudicial to the sovereignty, integrity and defence of the country rises to 106.
The 47 apps that have been banned now are mostly clones and variants of the applications which were blocked earlier, the source privy to the development said.
The government had last month banned 59 Chinese apps, including TikTok, CamScanner, Shareit, UC Browser, Baidu Map, Bigo Live and