List of 89 apps banned for Indian Army soldiers

• The Indian Army has banned 89 apps that it believes could be used to leak information to foreign intelligence agencies.
  
• The list of banned apps includes 15 dating apps like Tinder, OkCupid, Bumble and TrulyMadly.
  
• The Indian Army has also banned “all Tencent gaming apps”.
  

The Indian Army has 89 apps including Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and a slew of dating apps that could be used to target Indian army personnel.

The news comes in after the central government banned 59 Chinese apps nationwide that were allegedly prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000.


The list of apps banned by the Indian Army also includes news apps — News Dog and Daily Hunt — video conferencing tool Zoom, True Caller, Hungama, Hike and Reddit.

Here’s the full list of apps banned by the Indian Army:

1. WeChat
   
2. QQ
   
3. Kikoo
   
4. Voo
   
5. Nimbuzz
   
6. Helo
   
7. Qzone
   
8. ShareChat
   
9. Viber
   
10. Line
    
11. IMO
    
12. Snow
    
13. To Tok
    
14. Hike
    
15. TikTok
    
16. Like
    
17. eSamosa
    
18. Kwali
    
19. Shareit
    
20. Xender
    
21. Zapya
    
22. UC Browser
    
23. UC Browser Mini
    
24. LiveMe
    
25. BigoLive
    
26. Zoom
    
27. Fast Films
    
28. Vmate
    
29. Uplive
    
30. Vigo Video
    
31. Cam Scanner
    
32. Beauty Plus
    
33. True Caller
    
34. PUBG
    
35. NONO Live
    
36. Clash of Kings
    
37. All Tencent gaming apps
    
38. Mobile Legends
    
39. Club Factory
    
40. AliExpress
    
41. Chinabrands
    
42. Gearbest
    
43. Banggood
    
44. MiniInTheBox
    
45. TinyDeal
    
46. Dhhgate
    
47. LightinTheBox
    
48. DX
    
49. EricDress
    
50. Zaful
    
51. Tbdress
    
52. Modility
    
53. Rosegal
    
54. Shein
    
55. Romwe
    
56. Tinder
    
57. TrulyMadly
    
58. Happn
    
59. Aisle
    
60. Coffee Meets Bagel
    
61. Woo
    
62. OkCupid
    
63. Hinge
    
64. Badoo
    
65. Azar
    
66. Bumble
    
67. Tantan
    
68. Elite Singles
    
69. Tagged
    
70. Couch Surfing
    
71. 360 Security
    
72. Facebook
    
73. Baidu
    
74. Instagram
    
75. Ello
    
76. Snapchat
    
77. Daily Hunt
    
78. News Dog
    
79. Pratilipi
    
80. Heal of Y
    
81. POPXO
    
82. Vokal
    
83. Hungama
    
84. Songs.pk
    
85. Yelp
    
86. Tumblr
    
87. Reddit
    
88. FriendsFeed
    
89. Private Blogs
    

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