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Technology

Chinese Apps Ban: Here Are Five Indian Alternatives You Must Download

The ban of 59 Chinese apps has opened gates for homegrown apps. While you are missing Tik Tok, we bring you a list of five Indian alternatives that you can try

Business News

U.S. Government Considers Banning TikTok

Mike Pompeo suggests using TikTok puts your private information 'in the hands of the Chinese Communist Party.'

News and Trends

The More Enduring Way To Tackle Chinese Aggression

If our neighbours-often with scarce natural resources, territorial hardships, and language barriers-could surpass us, what has stopped us, that too with several obvious advantages?

News and Trends

In a Major Blow to TikTokers, India Bans the App Amidst Rising Geo-Political Tensions With China

The government has banned 59 Chinese apps, including widely popular scanning platform CamScanner, UC Browser, e-commerce company Shein and WeChat

News and Trends

Anti-China Sentiment Pushing Indian Startups To Look Beyond Neighbour's Money

Of the 30 Indian Unicorns, 17 are backed by Chinese investors

Business News

Zoom Will Let Paid Customers Control Where Their Calls Are Routed

After a report revealed Zoom was transmitting encryption keys through China, the company will now allow paying customers to opt in or out of a specific data center region so they know exactly where their data is going.

Lifestyle

Maoyan: China's Online Entertainment Market Booming with the COVID-19 Pandemic

While China's movie industry was severely hit by the pandemic, the online entertainment market, including TV and streaming platforms, were booming as people were confined to their homes

News and Trends

How the Coronavirus Outbreak Could Affect Start-up Funding in Asia

The SARS and Zika outbreaks wiped out billions of dollars in private market funding at their peaks. Does the latest coronavirus outbreak also spell doom for start-up funding?

News and Trends

India To Grow At 5.1% in FY21 Due To Coronavirus: OECD

The agency claimed the outbreak will impact confidence, financial markets, travel sector and disrupt supply chains and will affect all the G20 economies in 2020

Business News

Reddit's CEO Explosively Describes TikTok as 'Parasitic' and 'Spyware'

The US government is scrutinizing TikTok's handling of user data closely, and many government agencies have banned their staff from using it because of its Chinese roots.

Leadership

Academy Award-Winning Documentary Examines a Chinese Factory in the Heart of America

'American Factory' shows three years in the life of a Chinese factory erected on the site of a shuttered GM auto plant.

Technology

China Accelerates Digital Efforts to Become the World's Leading Economy

China is hitching its wagon to digital innovation, and it would be wise not to underestimate the nation's influence in the tech sector

News and Trends

New Coronavirus From China Spreads In 6 Countries, 2 More Suspect It

More than 800 persons have been inflicted with the new 2019-nCoV Coronavirus and 25 have lost their lives so far, according to Chinese officials

Entrepreneurs

This Co-founder Ensured That His Regional Language Content App Survived the Storm

Ranjeet Pratap Singh's Pratilipi saw a spell when ShareChat and other Chinese apps crowded the market, pushing others out

News and Trends

How Asia Is Transforming Into An Innovation Powerhouse

In 2018, China, Japan and South Korea spent a combined $613 billion on R&D, bagging three of the top five spots globally. The private sector played the biggest role, accounting for about 78 per cent of the overall numbers.