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59 Chinese apps banned in India The Centre has blocked fifty nine apps with Chinese links that covered the hugely popular TikTok, WeChat and UC Browser, amid a big financial backlash towards China following the June 15 clashes at Ladakh in which 20 Indian soldiers died in action. Sources said inputs from intelligence businesses recommended that the apps were violating the phrases of usage, compromising users privacy, and being used as adware or malware. Within minutes of the announcement, the Indian government's TikTok account MyGov, which had 1.1 milliorn followers, changed into disabled. The circulate comes an afternoon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India has given a "befitting response" to China. He also stated the national call for boycott of Chinese goods, juxtaposing it towards the government's "Atma Nirbhar Bharat" campaign. In a declaration this evening, the government stated the apps were blocked "in view of information available they