After deadly clash, India bans 59 Chinese mobile apps over ‘security’


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1 / 2 An Indian military convoy drives towards Leh in the Ladakh region India on Monday banned 59 Chinese mobile apps, including the wildly popular TikTok and WeChat, over national security and privacy concerns two weeks after a deadly Himalayan border clash between the nuclear-armed neighbours. Relations between the world's two most populous nations have been strained following the deaths of 20 Indian troops in hand-to-hand fighting with their Chinese counterparts on the western end of the high-altitude, contested border in mid-June. The apps "are engaged in activities... prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security...