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Decision of India to ban 59 Chinese apps has sent ripples across the world, with global media giants picking up the threads of a story that has just begun to develop.

A day after Govt of India banned 59 Chinese apps over security and data concern, TikTok issues a statement.

The Ministry of Information Technology stated that 59 apps including TikTok that have been banned by the GOI.

Shivani's phone was allegedly being used by the murderer. While she was killed on the night of June 26, a video was posted from her account on June 28, a few hours before her body was found.

Besides creating content, Chingari allows users to socialise and browse entertainment news, funny videos, song videos, love quotes etc.

Forbes noted that while TikTok had vowed to put an end to this 'invasive practice,' but it continued unabated as late as April.

The news of the suicide of TikTok star Siya Kakkar comes days after actor Sushant Singh Rajput died by suicide

Four youths in Bazarkhala area of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh allegedly burnt the Indian national flag and raised anti-national slogans to make a TikTok video go viral.

Raising apprehensions on the privacy of the Chinese app users, the US Navy Chief of Information stated that one needn't be a think tank expert to understand how important it has always been for the Chinese government to have control over information.

Intelligence agencies claim that the Chinese mobile apps are not safe and are extracting a large amount of data outside India.