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The government last week ordered blocking of 232 apps operated by overseas entities, including Chinese, for being involved in betting, gambling and unauthorised loan services.
The second list was released on September 5. It was even bigger with 118 apps in total. PUBG Mobile and PUBG Mobile Lite were both on it. The list also included several other games, versions of WeChat, and VPN apps that were giving access to TikTok.
The third list came out on November 24, which included 43 apps in total. Popular e-commerce platform AliExpress, delivery and Logistics service LalaMove, short video app Snack Video, which was seeing growth in tier-2 and tier-3 towns were all added to the banned list. TikTok had close to 200 million users in India before it got banned in June. (Image source: AP)