China raises apps ban issue, India cites security reasons
| Date :14-Jul-2020 |
NEW DELHI ;
DAYS after India banned 59 Chinese mobile apps, China raised the issue during a bilateral meeting with New Delhi held recently. “During a meeting at the diplomatic level, the Chinese side raised the issue of ban on its mobile applications in India,” Government sources told ANI. The Indian side made it very clear to the Chinese that the action was taken in view of the security issues and it did not want the data-related to its citizens to be compromised, sources said.
India had recently banned 59 Chinese mobile applications including the widely-used social media platforms such as TikTok, WeChat, and Helo within view of the threat to the nation’s sovereignty and security. The majority of the apps banned in the June 29 order were red-flagged by intelligence agencies over concerns that they were collecting user data and possibly also sending them “outside”. The Government had stated that the applications are engaged in activities “prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of State and public order.”
‘Next round of talks today’
NEW DELHI,
July 13 (PTI)
THE Indian and Chinese military are scheduled to hold their fourth round of Lt General-level talks on Tuesday with an aim to finalise modalities for the next phase of de-escalation and disengagement of troops in eastern Ladakh, Government sources said on Monday.
The meeting is set to be held in Chushul on the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, they said. The two sides are also expected to finalise a roadmap for restoration of peace and tranquillity in the high-altitude region that witnessed an eight-week bitter standoff between the troops of the two countries. China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has already completed pulling back troops from Gogra, Hot Springs and Galwan Valley and significantly thinned down its presence in the ridgeline of Finger Four in the Pangong Tso area in the last one week as demanded by India. India has been insisting that China must withdraw its forces from areas between Finger Four and Eight.
The mountain spurs in the area are referred to as Fingers. The formal process of disengagement of troops began last Monday after a nearly two-hour telephonic conversation between National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi the previous day. On Friday, India and China held another round of diplomatic talks during which both sides resolved to push ahead with “complete disengagement” of troops in eastern Ladakh in a timely manner for “full restoration” of peace and tranquillity. At the meeting, it was decided that senior commanders of the two armies will meet “soon” to discuss further steps to “ensure complete disengagement and de-escalation”.