PUBG Mobile, among 118 Chinese apps banned in India | FULL LIST

 

PUBG Mobile BANNED in INDIA

PUBG MOBILE has been banned under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, on grounds that "they are engaged in activities which is prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order".

The Ministry of Information and Technology has restricted PUBG Mobile game, among 118 Chinese applications in the nation. The famous fight royale game PUBG Mobile is restricted. The game has been restricted close by applications like CamCard, Baidu, Cut, VooV, Tencent Weiyun, Rise of Kingdoms, Zakzak and some more. This comes directly after the debates among India and China begin to emerge. This is an aspect of India's Digital Air Strike against China. Prior, India prohibited 59 Chinese applications which including the much mainstream ones like TikTok, CamScanner and the sky is the limit from there. Before long, the administration additionally restricted another 47 applications in the nation. 

The activity came after the new Chinese invasion endeavors in An indian area at Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh. The PUBG game presently has in excess of 600 million downloads and 50 million dynamic players all around the world, excluding the Chinese terrain where a rebranded form of the game is called 'Game for Peace'. PUBG has a great many clients, particularly youthful, in India.

The restriction on PUBG came as it reported the appearance of another gaming time with its 1.0 adaptation, alongside worldwide portable esports competition PUBG Mobile Global Championship (PMGC) with a stupendous prize pool of $2 million (about Rs 15 crore). Prior, the administration banished 47 Chinese applications from working in the nation, which were to a great extent clones of the beforehand 59 applications prohibited in June. On June 29, the administration prohibited 59 Chinese applications including TikTok, WeChat and UC Browser and Xiaomi's Mi Community over public security worries in the midst of the outskirt tussle in Ladakh which prompted the passing of 20 Indian fighters in the Galwan Valley conflict with Chinese PLA troops. 

"These measures have been endeavored since there is trustworthy information that these applications are busy with practices which are one sided to power and decency of India, security of state and open solicitation," the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology articulation had said. As per the service, the move would protect the interests of crores of Indian versatile clients. Other Chinese applications in the restricted rundown were Club Factory, SHAREit, Likee, Mi Video Call (Xiaomi), Weibo, Baidu, BIGO LIVE and that's just the beginning.

Here's a complete list of banned Chinese apps 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 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. MusicPlayer- 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

The Information Ministry got numerous grumblings from different sources including a few reports about abuse of some versatile applications accessible on Android and iOS stages for taking and clandestinely communicating clients' information in an unapproved way to workers which have areas outside India. 

The gathering of these information, its mining and profiling by components antagonistic to public security and protection of India, which at last encroaches upon the power and respectability of India, involves profound and prompt concern which requires crisis measures.