The Indian government has banned 118 apps which are “prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India Defence of India, Security of State and Public Order”
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- PUBG Mobile and 117 more Chinese apps have been banned in India
- PUBG ban was expected ever since the Indian government banned Tik Tok in June
- VPN for Tik Tok, Baidu, WeChat, Ludo World, Cleaner Alipay among banned apps
PUBG Mobile and 117 more Chinese apps have reportedly been banned in India by the IT Ministry. This was first revealed by Political Editor and NDTV India anchor Akhilesh Sharma via a tweet, although we wait for an official confirmation.
From what we know so far, 118 Chinese apps have been banned, including the famous mobile battle royale game PUBG. As per Sharma, the list of banned apps include CamCard, Baidu, Cut Cut, VooV, Tencent Weiyun, Rise of Kingdoms, and Zakzak.
ANI reports that the Indian government has blocked 118 apps which are “prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, Defence of India, Security of State and Public order”.
PUBG Mobile Nordic Map: Livik, PUBG Mobile Lite, WeChat Work, and WeChat reading are among the banned mobile apps.
The government has published the list of 118 apps, which includes apps like Ludo World Cleaner, Alipay, Sina News, VPN for Tik Tok, and Arena of Valour. You can read the full list below.
| S.No | Apps |
| 1. | APUS Launcher Pro |
| 2. | APUS Launcher |
| 3. | APUS Security |
| 4. | APUS Turbo Cleaner 2020 |
| 5. | APUS Flashlight |
| 6. | Cut Cut |
| 7. | Baidu |
| 8. | Baidu Express Edition |
| 9. | FaceU |
| 10. | ShareSave by Xiaomi |
| 11. | CamCard |
| 12. | CamCard Business |
| 13. | CamCard for Salesforce |
| 14. | CamOCR |
| 15. | InNote |
| 16. | VooV Meeting |
| 17. | Super Clean |
| 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 |
| 27. | Super Mecha Champions |
| 28. | LifeAfter |
| 29. | Dawn of Isles |
| 30. | Ludo World |
| 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 |
| 40. | Smart AppLock |
| 41. | Message Lock |
| 42. | Hide App |
| 43. | AppLock |
| 44. | AppLock LIte |
| 45. | Dual Space |
| 46. | ZAKZAK Pro |
| 47. | ZAKZAK LIVE |
| 48. | Music |
| 49. | Music Player |
| 50. | HD Camera Selfie Beauty Camera |
| 51. | Cleaner |
| 52. | Web Browser |
| 53. | Video Player All Format for Android |
| 54. | Photo Gallery HD & Editor |
| 55. | Photo Gallery & Album |
| 56. | Music Player |
| 57. | HD Camera |
| 58. | HD Camera |
| 59. | HD Camera Pro & Selfie Camera |
| 60. | Gallery HD |
| 61. | Web Browser- fast, privacy & Light Web Explorer |
| 62. | Web Browser- Secure Explorer |
| 63. | Music player |
| 64. | Video Player |
| 65. | Lamour Love All Over The World |
| 66. | Amour |
| 67. | MV Master – Make your Status video & community |
| 68. | MV Master – Best Video Maker & Photo Video Editor |
| 69. | APUS Message Center |
| 70. | LivU Meet new people & Video chat with strangers |
| 71. | Carrom Friends |
| 72. | Ludo All-Star |
| 73. | Bike Racing |
| 74. | Rangers of Oblivion |
| 75. | Z Camera |
| 76. | Go SMS Pro |
| 77. | U-Dictionary |
| 78. | Ulike |
| 79. | Tantan |
| 80. | MICO Chat |
| 81. | Kitty Live |
| 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 |
| 93. | Learn Chinese AI |
| 94. | HUYA LIVE |
| 95. | Little Q Album |
| 96. | FIghting Landlords |
| 97. | Hi Meitu |
| 98. | Mobile Legends: Pocket |
| 99. | VPN for TikTok |
| 100. | VPN for Tik Tok |
| 101. | Penguin E-sports Live assistant |
| 102. | Buy Cars |
| 103. | ipick |
| 104. | Beauty Camera Plus |
| 105. | Parallel Space Lite |
| 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 YottaGames |
| 112. | OnmYoji NetEase Games |
| 113. | Ride Out Heroes NetEase Games |
| 114. | Yimeng Jianghu-Chu Liuxiang |
| 115. | Legend: Rising Empire NetEase Games |
| 116. | Arena of Valor: 5v5 Arena Games |
| 117. | Soul Hunters |
| 118. | Rules of Survival |
The ban on PUBG Mobile was expected ever since the government started banning Chinese apps backs in June.
59 apps were originally banned, including TikTok, CamScanner, ShareIt, Xender, and more.
In July, the government banned 47 more Chinese apps which were said to be clones of the original 59 banned apps.
PUBG Mobile is a wildly popular mobile game with 30-40 million monthly active users in India alone, as per a Times of India report last month.
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