In January this year, the public broadcaster Doordarshan aired a special broadcast on reelection of Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen which upset China.

News Reports

US telecom regulator designates Chinese firms Huawei, ZTE as national security threats

OpIndia Staff - 1 July, 2020

The US telecommunications regulator issued the declaration and proposed requiring rural carriers to remove and replace equipment from the two Chinese companies from existing US networks.

News Reports

No new users, old users can’t access: TikTok gone completely from your phones

OpIndia Staff - 30 June, 2020

Chinese video sharing app TikTok has also stopped working for the existing users a day after the government of India banned the app over security concerns. Essentially, the problematic app has now completely stopped working.

News Reports

After govt’s TikTok ban, demand for Indian ‘Chingari’ app skyrockets, 90,000 new users joining every hour

OpIndia Staff - 30 June, 2020

Hailed as an alternative to Chinese TikTok, Chingari is available in multiple languages such as Bangla, Gujarati, Marathi, Kannada, etc.

News Reports

Liberals accidentally reveal why Congress is soft on China: Loyalty

Jinit Jain - 30 June, 2020

Soon after the Indian government banned 59 Chinese apps, including TikTok, liberals expressed their outrage, asking the government to return the Rs 30 crore donated by TikTok towards the PMCARES Fund

Government and Policy

The significance of India banning 59 Chinese apps and the window of opportunity it presents

Guest Author - 30 June, 2020

Decision of India to ban 59 Chinese apps has sent ripples across the world, with global media giants picking up the threads of a story that has just begun to develop.

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