Previously, China has expressed strong concern about the ban, which could hurt expansion plans and cost jobs, and said it may violate World Trade Organization (WTO) rules. None of the Chinese companies has yet mounted a legal challenge, with industry sources saying they were waiting for further clarity from the Indian government.

Cloud data protection firm Druva said recurring revenue increased by 70% year-on-year for its data centre workload protection solution and overall data under management grew 50% in the past year.

In the recent development where the Indian Army has asked its personnel to delete 89 apps from their smartphones including Facebook, TikTok, Tinder, PUBG, Instagram and Truecaller to plug leakage of information. Truecaller spokesperson said it is an app of Swedish origin that considers India it's home.

Gaana, meanwhile, has launched a new platform — HotShots — which allows users to create and share short videos and stories with its audience base of more than 150 million. Gaana’s chief executive Prashan Agarwal said it is building on the expertise gained from its vertical video feature platform announced last year, to launch HotShots.

The apps include popular social media platforms such as TikTok, Helo and WeChat. The questions come a week after the government, in an interim order, banned the 59 Chinese apps in the country owing to their activities which are “prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order.”

China, which sees itself as a civilizational force, keeps a digital distance from the world. While this has partly to do with censorship and control, it also gives a chance to domestic companies to thrive in the face of global competition. Here are some apps that are blocked in China.

A firm engaged in the business of providing software related consultancy services in Oracle ERP approached the Tamil Nadu bench of the AAR seeking ruling on whether the services provided by it to foreign client of a GST-registered IT company, Doyen Systems, shall be treated as export of services.