India Bans 54 Apps Including Free Fire

The Indian government has released a list of 54 new apps that are officially banned in the country. This list contains several “clones” or copies of previously banned Chinese apps, and also includes popular mobile battle royale Free Fire.

A few Chinese apps were initially banned by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) of India. This action was first taken in 2020. After several waves of bans, the total number of apps restricted in India has exceeded 270.

Here is the list of 54 apps that were banned in India:

1. Beauty Camera: Sweet Selfie HD
2. Beauty Camera – Selfie Camera
3. Equalizer — Bass Booster & Volume EQ &Virtualizer
4. Music Player- Music, Mp3 Player
5. Equalizer & Bass Booster – Music Volume EQ
6. Music Plus – MP3 Player
7. Equalizer Pro – Volume Booster & Bass Booster
8. Video Player Media All Format
9. Music Player – Equalizer & MP3
10. Volume Booster – Loud Speaker & Sound Booster
11. Music Player – MP3 Player
12. CamCard for SalesForce Ent
13. Isoland 2: Ashes of Time Lite
14. Rise of Kingdoms: Lost Crusade
15. APUS Security HD (Pad Version)
16. Parallel Space Lite 32 Support
17. Viva Video Editor – Snack Video Maker with Music
18. Nice video Baidu
19. Tencent Xriver
20. Onmyoji Chess
21. Onmyoji Arena
22. AppLock
23. Dual Space Lite – Multiple Accounts & Clone App
24. Dual Space Pro – Multiple Accounts & App Cloner
25. DualSpace Lite – 32Bit Support
26. Dual Space – 32Bit Support
27. Dual Space – 64Bit Support

28. Dual Space Pro – 32Bit Support
29. Conquer Online – MMORPG Game
30. Conquer Online Ⅱ
31. Live Weather & Radar – Alerts
32. Notes- Color Notepad, Notebook
33. MP3 Cutter – Ringtone Maker & Audio Cutter
34. Voice Recorder & Voice Changer
35. Barcode Scanner – QR Code Scan
36. Lica Cam – selfie camera app
37. EVE Echoes
38. Astracraft
39. UU Game Booster-network solution for high ping
40. Extraordinary Ones
41. Badlanders
42. Stick Fight: The Game Mobile
43. Twilight Pioneers
44. CuteU: Match With The World
45. SmallWorld-Enjoy groupchat and video chat
46. CuteU Pro
47. FancyU – Video Chat & Meetup
48. RealU: Go Live, Make Friends
49. MoonChat: Enjoy Video Chats
50. RealU Lite -video to live!
51. Wink: Connect Now
52. FunChat Meet People Around You
53. FancyU pro – Instant Meetup through Video chat!
54. Garena Free Fire – Illuminate

Free Fire was removed from the Apple App Store this week and was soon removed from the Google Play Store as well. Some players also reported that their games were not working very well and they encountered problems logging in.

Battlegrounds Mobile India is seemingly safe in this wave of bans. PUBG Mobile was banned in India for over a year, but Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) was not included in the list of recently banned apps.

BGMI may be safe as the 2022 Asian Games are coming soon and PUBG Mobile is one of the games included. Each participating country will send their own team to this first official Asian Games esports event, and the game won’t be hindered this time, considering the fact that India has some of the best PUBG Mobile squads in the world.

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