Back in June, the Indian government banned 59 Chinese apps citing “security” reasons. These apps can no longer operate in India and some of them are in talks with the Indian government. However, Alibaba Group has now announced the closure operations of two of its apps in the list. For now, the operations of UC Browser and UC News in India are inactive.
According to the company employees and letters, Alibaba’s UCWeb is cutting employees in India. The company informed some employees in a letter dated July 15 that they had lost their jobs.
Alibaba said in the letter: “The termination of employment is because of the Indian ban on UCWeb and Vmate. This hinders the company’s ability to continue to provide services in India”.
However, as of now, Alibaba has not yet made a public response regarding the ban or sack of its employees. Obviously, the Indian government must have seen this coming. Most of those losing their jobs will be Indians. If a company can not operate, its workers can not keep their jobs
On June 29, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology of India announced that 59 Chinese applications were banned due to “security” considerations. Ali’s UCWeb, Vmate, TikTok, WeChat, Weibo, and other popular applications are all on the banned list.
According to Indian media, the usage rate of the UC browser in India is second only to Google. India is the main market for UC browsers. UC browsers have more than 430 million users worldwide, of which India has more than 130 million users.
FULL LIST OF THE 59 CHINESE MOBILE APPS BANNED IN INDIA
- TikTok
2. SHAREit
3. Kwai
4. UC Browser
5. Baidu Map
6. SHEIN
7. Clash of Kings
8. DU Battery saver
9. Helo
10. Likee
11. YouCam Makeup
12. Mi Community
13. CM Browser
14. Virus Cleaner
15. APUS Browser
16. ROMWE
17. Club Factory
18. NewsDog
19. BeautyPlus
20. WeChat
21. UC News
22. QQ Mail
23. Weibo
24. Xender
25. QQ Music
26. QQ Newsfeed
27. Bigo Live
28. SelfieCity
29. Mail Master
30. Parallel Space
31. Mi Video Call – Xiaomi
32. WeSync
33. ES File Explorer
34. Viva Video – QU Video Inc
35. Meitu
36. Vigo Video
37. New Video Status
38. DU Recorder
39. Vault
40. DU Cache Cleaner
41. DU Cleaner
42. DU Browser
43. HAGO – Play With New Friends
44. CamScanner
45. Clean Master – Cheetah Mobile
46. Wonder Camera
47. Photo Wonder
48. QQ Player
49. WeMeet
50. Sweet Selfie
51. Baidu Translate
52. Vmate
53. QQ International
54. QQ Security Center
55. QQ Launcher
56. UV Video
57. VFly-Status Videos, Status Maker, New Video Status
58. Mobile Legends
59. DU Privacy Vault
