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India bans another 118 Chinese apps including notorious PUBG

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September 2, 2020

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New Delhi, Sept 2: Nearly two months after it banned 59 China-linked apps, the government on Wednesday decided to block 118 mobile apps including PUBG MOBILE Nordic Map: Livik, WeChat Work and WeChat in view of the information available that they are engaged in activities which are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity, defence and security of India and public order.

The decision came amid border tensions with China in eastern Ladakh.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) said in a release that the decision "is a targeted move" to ensure safety, security and sovereignty of Indian cyberspace.

The ministry said it has received many complaints from various sources including several reports about the misuse of some mobile apps available on Android and iOS platforms for stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users' data in an unauthorised manner to servers which have locations outside India.

The compilation of these data, its mining and profiling by elements hostile to national security and defence of India, which ultimately impinges upon the sovereignty and integrity of India, is a matter of very deep and immediate concern which requires emergency measures, the MeitY added.

The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre of Home Ministry has also sent an exhaustive recommendation for blocking these malicious apps.

Likewise, there have been similar bipartisan concerns, flagged by various public representatives, both outside and inside the Parliament of India, the release said.

It said there has been a strong chorus in the public space to take strict action against apps that harm India's sovereignty as well as the privacy of our citizens.

"On the basis of these and upon receiving of recent credible inputs that information posted, permissions sought, functionality embedded as well as data harvesting practices of above-stated Apps raise serious concerns that these Apps collect and share data in surreptitious manner and compromise personal data and information of users that can have a severe threat to security of the State," it said.

"In the interest of sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India and security of the State. And using the sovereign powers, the Government of India has decided to block the usage of certain Apps, used in both mobile and non-mobile Internet-enabled devices," it added.

The release said the government is invoking it's power under section 69A of the Information Technology Act read with the relevant provisions of the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking of Access of Information by Public) Rules 2009 and "in view of the emergent nature of threats has decided to block 118mobile apps since in view of the information available they are engaged in activities which is prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order".

Here's a complete list of Chinese apps banned in India:

1.            APUS Launcher Pro- Theme, Live Wallpapers, Smart

2.            APUS Launcher -Theme, Call Show, Wallpaper, HideApps

3.            APUS Security -Antivirus, Phone security, Cleaner

4.            APUS Turbo Cleaner 2020- Junk Cleaner, Anti-Virus

5.            APUS Flashlight-Free & Bright

6.            Cut Cut – Cut Out & Photo Background Editor

7.            Baidu

8.            Baidu Express Edition

9.            FaceU - Inspire your Beauty

10.          ShareSave by Xiaomi: Latest gadgets, amazing deals

11.          CamCard - Business Card Reader

12.          CamCard Business

13.          CamCard for Salesforce

14.          CamOCR

15.          InNote

16.          VooV Meeting - Tencent Video Conferencing

17.          Super Clean - Master of Cleaner, Phone Booster

18.          WeChat reading

19.          Government WeChat

20.          Small Q brush

21.          Tencent Weiyun

22.          Pitu

23.          WeChat Work

24.          Cyber Hunter

25.          Cyber Hunter Lite

26.          Knives Out-No rules, just fight!

27.          Super Mecha Champions

28.          LifeAfter

29.          Dawn of Isles

30.          Ludo World-Ludo Superstar

31.          Chess Rush

32.          PUBG MOBILE Nordic Map: Livik

33.          PUBG MOBILE LITE

34.          Rise of Kingdoms: Lost Crusade

35.          Art of Conquest: Dark Horizon

36.          Dank Tanks

37.          Warpath

38.          Game of Sultans

39.          Gallery Vault - Hide Pictures And Videos

40.          Smart AppLock (App Protect)

41.          Message Lock (SMS Lock)-Gallery Vault Developer Team

42.          Hide App-Hide Application Icon

43.          AppLock

44.          AppLock Lite

45.          Dual Space - Multiple Accounts & App Cloner

46.          ZAKZAK Pro - Live chat & video chat online

47.          ZAKZAK LIVE: live-streaming & video chat app

48.          Music - Mp3 Player

49.          Music Player - Audio Player & 10 Bands Equalizer

50.          HD Camera Selfie Beauty Camera

51.          Cleaner - Phone Booster

52.          Web Browser & Fast Explorer

53.          Video Player All Format for Android

54.          Photo Gallery HD & Editor

55.          Photo Gallery & Album

56.          Music Player - Bass Booster - Free Download

57.          HD Camera - Beauty Cam with Filters & Panorama

58.          HD Camera Pro & Selfie Camera

59.          Music Player - MP3 Player & 10 Bands Equalizer

60.          Gallery HD

61.          Web Browser - Fast, Privacy & Light Web Explorer

62.          Web Browser - Secure Explorer

63.          Music player - Audio Player

64.          Video Player - All Format HD Video Player

65.          Lamour Love All Over The World

66.          Amour- video chat & call all over the world.

67.          MV Master - Make Your Status Video & Community

68.          MV Master - Best Video Maker & Photo Video Editor

69.          APUS Message Center-Intelligent management

70.          LivU Meet new people & Video chat with strangers

71.          Carrom Friends : Carrom Board & Pool Game-

72.          Ludo All Star- Play Online Ludo Game & Board Games

73.          Bike Racing : Moto Traffic Rider Bike Racing Games

74.          Rangers Of Oblivion : Online Action MMO RPG Game

75.          Z Camera - Photo Editor, Beauty Selfie, Collage

76.          GO SMS Pro - Messenger, Free Themes, Emoji

77.          U-Dictionary: Oxford Dictionary Free Now Translate

78.          Ulike - Define your selfie in trendy style

79.          Tantan - Date For Real

80.          MICO Chat: New Friends Banaen aur Live Chat karen

81.          Kitty Live - Live Streaming & Video Live Chat

82.          Malay Social Dating App to Date & Meet Singles

83.          Alipay

84.          AlipayHK

85.          Mobile Taobao

86.          Youku

87.          Road of Kings- Endless Glory

88.          Sina News

89.          Netease News

90.          Penguin FM

91.          Murderous Pursuits

92.          Tencent Watchlist (Tencent Technology

93.          Learn Chinese AI-Super Chinese

94.          HUYA LIVE – Game Live Stream

95.          Little Q Album

96.          Fighting Landlords - Free and happy Fighting Landlords

97.          Hi Meitu

98.          Mobile Legends: Pocket

99.          VPN for TikTok

100.        VPN for TikTok

101.        Penguin E-sports Live assistant

102.        Buy Cars-offer everything you need, special offers and low prices

103.        iPick

104.        Beauty Camera Plus - Sweet Camera & Face Selfie

105.        Parallel Space Lite - Dual App

106.        "Chief Almighty: First Thunder BC

107.        MARVEL Super War NetEase Games

108.        AFK Arena

109.        Creative Destruction NetEase Games

110.        Crusaders of Light NetEase Games

111.        Mafia City Yotta Games

112.        Onmyoji NetEase Games

113.        Ride Out Heroes NetEase Games

114.        Yimeng Jianghu-Chu Liuxiang has been fully upgraded

115.        Legend: Rising Empire NetEase Games

116.        Arena of Valor: 5v5 Arena Games

117.        Soul Hunters

118.        Rules of Survival

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Union minister Amit Shah on Friday, November 15, said PM Narendra Modi will amend the Waqf Act despite opposition from leaders like Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar.

"Modi ji wants to change the Waqf Board law, but Uddhav ji, Sharad Pawar and Supriya Sule are opposing it," Shah said, addressing a rally at Umarkhed in Maharashtra's Yavatmal district.

"Uddhav ji, listen carefully, you all can protest as much as you want, but Modi ji will amend the Waqf Act," he said. Shah said there are two camps in the November 20 Maharashtra assembly polls, one of 'Pandavas' represented by the BJP-led Mahayuti and the other of 'Kauravas' represented by Maha Vikas Aghadi.

"Uddhav Thackeray claims that his Shiv Sena is the real one. Can the real Shiv Sena go against renaming Aurangabad to Sambhajinagar? Can the real Shiv Sena go against renaming Ahmednagar to Ahilyanagar? The real Shiv Sena stands with the BJP," Shah said.

"Rahul Baba used to say that his government would credit money in the accounts of the people instantly. You were unable to fulfil your promises in Himachal, Karnataka, and Telangana," he said.

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Mangaluru: The Kavoor police in Mangaluru, Karnataka, have arrested three individuals from Kerala in connection with two separate cybercrime cases, including one involving extortion under the guise of a "digital arrest."

City Commissioner of Police Anupam Agrawal reported that one of the arrested individuals, Nisar, a resident of Ernakulam district, posed as a CBI officer. He allegedly threatened the complainant with arrest and extorted Rs 68 lakh. A case has been filed under sections 66 (C) and 66 (D) of the IT Act, and sections 308 (2) and 381 (4) of BNS.

In another case, the Kavoor police arrested two men, Sahil K P of Thiruvannur, Kozhikode, and Muhammad Nashath of Mappila Koyilandy, Kerala, in connection with a share trade fraud. The accused are alleged to have deceived the complainant by promising substantial profits from an investment in the stock market. Trusting the fraudsters, the complainant invested Rs 90 lakh, which was subsequently lost. A case has been registered under sections 66 (C) and 66 (D) of the IT Act, and sections 318 (4) and 3 (5) of BNS.

The accused were arrested in Koyilandi and presented before the court. The operation was carried out under the guidance of City Police Commissioner Anupam Agrawal, led by Mangaluru North Sub-Division ACP Srikanth K, Kavoor Inspector Raghavendra Byndoor, Kavoor PSI Mallikarjuna Biradara, and staff members Ramanna Shetty, Bhuvaneshwari, Rajappa Kashibai, Praveen N, and Malatesh. 

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