India bans scores of apps including many from China

An Indian army convoy moves on the Srinagar- Ladakh road at Gagangeer, northeast of Srinagar (Dar Yasin/AP)

India banned 43 mobile apps, including many from China, with which it is locked in a military standoff along their border in the Himalayas.

India’s information technology ministry said on Tuesday the apps threaten the “sovereignty and integrity of India”.