How did the banned Chinese apps return? From Shareit to Xender, everything is visible

Did you remember anything after reading names like file sharing Xender, entertainment app MangoTV and Youku? You have guessed it right. 

These are the Chinese apps that were banned by the Indian government in the year 2020. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology had ordered the removal of a total of 267 such apps from Google Play Store and App Store. 

Short video platform TikTok was also included in the 267 banned apps. But now these apps have made a comeback in India (Chinese apps re-appear in India). A total of 36 banned apps have again become available for download.

Has the government lifted the ban? So is TikTok going to come back? No, there is nothing like that. Rather, these apps have made a backdoor entry. They have come back to India by using some tricks. In simple words, they have caught our ears not from here but from there. Let us tell you the whole story.

Entry of 36 Chinese apps

Many of these apps appearing on Google's Play Store and Apple's App Store have changed their owners and some have changed their addresses. Some have slightly changed the name or some have created a clone. India Today's Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) team has caught them .

For example, Shareit- Transfer, Share Files has now become Shareit- Fast File Share. Xender has been renamed to Xender- File Share, Share Music. 

The name has changed a little and the full name of the owner i.e. the developer has now become Xender (HK) Limited. Meaning if you cannot come from China, you can come from Hong Kong.

Chinese apps re-appear in india

The features and logo have been kept almost the same as the old one. Entry through the side door has not been made only in file sharing apps. 

Rather, such apps are also seen in many categories like gaming, video editing, entertainment. For example, the streaming app of Chinese company Alibaba's YOUKU, which after being banned, has come under the name "YOUKU-Drama, Film, Show, Anime". 

The developer is still Alibaba, just the address is not in China. Another app of Alibaba "Mobile Taobao" has been given entry only under the name Taobao.

Chinese apps came to India by changing their names

However, the developers of all the 36 apps are not Chinese. 13 have been developed by Chinese companies. The address of 3 is Singapore and 2 is Vietnam. 

8 are also registered in the name of Indian developers and some are from South Korea and Bangladesh. Meaning, they got in from wherever they got the chance.

They have come in but that does not mean that you should welcome them. It means that you should not download them. There is no need to tell where their data centers will be. 

Everyone knows what will be done by tracking your phone 24 hours a day. Such loan apps have taken so many lives in our country. The government will take action at its level but you have to stay away from them.  

How will PAN 2.0 be made (how to get PAN 2.0). Where will you apply? Will you get it online or will you have to get it offline by standing in a queue? How much will you have to pay? What will happen to the old PAN card? Will it become useless? We would have told you everything.

How to get PAN 2.0

By now you must have come across the name of PAN 2.0 project. Last year, on 25 November 2024, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) headed by Prime Minister Modi approved the PAN 2.0 project for the Income Tax Department. Rs 1,435 crore will be spent on this project. 

In this project, the process of PAN card (how to get PAN 2.0) will be completely digitalized. Meaning, not the digital PAN card that can be downloaded from DigiLocker, Umang app and official WhatsApp number. But now a physical PAN card with QR code. This will provide better safety and help in avoiding cyber fraud.

iPhones are getting their first-ever native porn app hot tub

For the first time, a porn app Hot Tub is going to be launched on iPhone (first porn app for iPhones and iPads). Although Apple is not in favor of this, its hands are tied due to the new rules of the European Union. 

This is the same European Union because of which Apple had to introduce the Type-C charging port. The same European Union because of which third party apps can be downloaded on the iPhone.

Hot Tub, the first and only porn app for iPhones, has been launched in the EU market.

Something is going to happen in the history of iPhone which has never happened till date. For the first time a porn app is going to come in the iOS App Store. Yes, you have read it right. Because till now there was no such app in the App Store. It is a different matter that you can watch porn in the browser, but there was no program with an app. 

Now there will be an app named Hot Tub which will be available for iPhone and iPad. Let us tell you beforehand that this app will be available only in the European market. Apple does not even support it, then how did the app come. This is the thing to tell. 

AI platforms like ChatGPT and MetaAI were created in the US. DeepSeek was created in China. India's preparations are also strong. Just have to develop the infrastructure and build your own data centers. Have to arrange for powerful GPUs. Then prepare LLM. Know how far is India from creating its own AI platform?

Big preparations are going on regarding AI in India.

Many big countries have placed their bets in the growing market of Artificial Intelligence (AI). China's AI platform DeepSeek has raised concerns of platforms like ChatGPT and Meta AI. 

Meanwhile, AI is also being discussed in the context of India. A debate has started that China and America have gone ahead in the matter of AI, but what is happening in India regarding this technology. 

We will talk about what is the country's preparation to develop AI technology. We will also tell why Infosys company and its former CEO Vishal Sikka are being discussed as soon as AI is discussed in India.

One evening, a very rich businessman was having dinner in a posh restaurant in New York. Dinner was over and the bill came. As soon as the businessman put his hand in his pocket, he was shocked. 

He had no cash. He was forced to call his wife who brought the money. Only then did he get some relief. After reading this, you will think what are you talking about, did you not have a phone? 

You could have taken it out and quickly scanned it and made the payment. If there was no cash, did there not even have credit cards? There were none, friend, because this is the year 1949.