Major gaming titles from companies including Tencent and NetEase were on the list of banned apps, as well a services from other Chinese technology giants like Baidu and Alibaba affiliate, Ant Group.
India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said that in "in view of the emergent nature of threats" it has "decided to block 118 mobile apps ... since in view of information available they are engaged in activities which is prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order."
The Indian government said it had "received many complaints from various sources" including reports about "misuse of some mobile apps available on Android and iOS platforms for stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users' data in an unauthorized manner to servers which have locations outside India.
Ant Group and Baidu declined to comment when contacted by CNBC. Alibaba, Tencent and NetEase were not immediately available for comment.
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