Indian Government Bans Mi Browser Pro In India - HACKOGRAPH - HACKOGRAPH

The Indian government has banned Mi Browser Pro that is offered on Xiaomi smartphones as it continues its crackdown on Chinese apps and products. The Mi Browser Pro, which does not come pre-installed in Xiaomi smartphones and needs to be downloaded, has been removed from Google Play Store.

India has banned some mobile apps of Chinese companies such as Xiaomi Corp and Baidu Inc, three sources told Reuters on Wednesday, in its latest move to hit Chinese companies following a border clash in Ladakh.

India in June outlawed 59 Chinese apps for threatening the country's "sovereignty and integrity", including ByteDance's video-sharing app TikTok, Alibaba's UC Browser and Xiaomi's Mi Community app.

Another ban was imposed in recent weeks on about 47 apps which mostly contained clones, or simply different versions, of the already banned apps, the sources said.

Unlike its June move, the government did not make its latest decision public, but there are a few new apps that have made it to that list, including Xiaomi's Mi Browser Pro and Baidu's search apps, the sources said.

ban on the Mi Browser, which comes pre-loaded on most Xiaomi smartphones, could potentially mean the Chinese firm will need to stop installing it on new devices it sells in India.

Xiaomi is the No.1 smartphone seller in the country with close to 90 million users, according to Hong Kong-based tech researcher Counterpoint.

The bans are part of the government's moves to counter China's dominant presence in the country's internet services market following a border clash in June between the two nuclear-armed neighbours in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed.

India has also made approval processes more stringent for Chinese companies wanting to invest in the country, and also tightened norms for Chinese companies wanting to participate in government tenders.

*Via NDTV

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