Indian Army Personnel Ordered to Delete 89 Apps Including Facebook, PUBG, Instagram

The government of India recently banned 59 Chinese apps. Now Indian Army has asked its personnel to delete 89 apps from their smartphones. In this list their many apps that are not from China. The list of apps includes names like TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Tinder, some games like PUBG, etc. The report first comes from news agency ANI. 

According to Army sources quoted by the report, the ban is being implemented to stop the leakage of sensitive information. Personals are given time until 15th July. By then if they don’t remove these apps from their smartphone they will face departmental action.

List of 89 Apps

Messaging Platforms

WeChat
QQ
Kik
ooVoo
Nimbuzz
Helo
Qzone
Share Chat
Viber
Line
IMO
Snow
To Tok
Hike

Video Hosting

TikTok
Likee
Samosa
Kwali

Content Sharing

Shareit
Xender
Zapya

Web Browsers

UC Browser
UC Browser Mini

Video and Live Streaming

LiveMe
BigoLive
Zoom
Fast Films
Vmate
Uplive
Vigo Video

Utility Apps

Cam Scanner
Beauty Plus
Truecaller

Gaming Apps

PUBG
NONO Live
Clash of Kings
All Tencent gaming apps
Mobile Legends

E-Commerce

Club Factory
AliExpress
Chinabrands
Gearbest
Banggood
MiniInTheBox
Tiny Deal
Dhhgate
LightinTheBox
DX
Eric Dress
Zaful
Tbdress
Modility
Rosegal
Shein
Romwe

Dating Apps

Tinder
TrulyMadly
Happn
Aisle
Coffee Meets Bagel
Woo
OkCupid
Hinge
Badoo
Azar
Bumble
Tantan
Elite Singles
Tagged
Couch Surfing

Antivirus

360 Security

Social Networking

Facebook
Baidu
Instagram
Ello
Snapchat

News Apps

Daily Hunt
News Dog

Online Book Reading Apps

Pratilipi

Health Apps

Heal of Y
Lifestyle Apps
POPXO

Knowledge Apps

Vokal

Music Apps

Hungama
Songs.pk

Blogging/ Micro-Blogging

Yelp
Tumblr
Reddit
FriendFeed
Private Blogs