NEW YORK • WASHINGTON D.C. • CHICAGO • ATLANTA • CALIFORNIA VOL 25, No. 1343 July 3, 2020 50¢ Periodical Postage TAMING THE DRAGON India bans 59 Chinese Apps, Cancels major Infrastructure project Leo Varadkar becomes Deputy PM Details on page 7 FIA - Chicago Celebrates 6th Dubai gurdwara Intl Yoga Day charters 1st Details on page 17 flight to Punjab Details on page 7 Allow foreign passport holding COVID-19 impact PIOs to travel on Indo-Amn Details on page 6 community Details on page 24 CONTENTS Bollywood -------------------------- 30 NEW DELHI & PATNA: India has banned 59 Apps forms Club Factory and Shein. Classifieds ------------------------ 37 with Chinese links, including hugely popular TikTok This marks the largest sweep against the Chinese Community Post -------------- 17-26 and UC Browser, saying they were prejudicial to sov- technology companies. Edit Page --------------------------- 36 ereignty, integrity and security of the country. The Information Technology Ministry in a statement Horoscope ------------------------- 35 This week’s question The ban (as of 29 June), which comes in the back- said it has received many complaints from various Immigration Post ---------------- 28 Life Style ------------------------ 14-15 Should India stop all drop of current standoff along the Line of Actual Con- sources, including several reports about misuse of aid to Nepal? Philosophy/Perspective ------- 34 trol in Ladakh with Chinese troops, is also applicable some mobile apps available on Android and iOS plat- Last week’s result Info/Highlights ---------------------- 4 for WeChat and Bigo Live. forms for "stealing and surreptitiously transmitting Real Estate -------------------- 32-33 Should IND, US, AUS, JAP, VNM and TWN join to stop Chinese adventurism? The list of apps that have been banned also include users' data in an unauthorized manner to servers TechBiz Post ------------------ 10-11 Travel & Hospitality Post -------- 16 YES 83% NO 17% Helo, Likee, CamScanner, Vigo Video, Mi Video Call which have locations outside India". Xiaomi, Clash of Kings as well as e-commerce plat- Cont’d on page 5 Wellness Post ---------------- 12-13 2 India Post July 3, 2020 www.indiapost.com July 3, 2020 India Post 3 www.indiapost.com 4 India Post July 3, 2020 www.indiapost.com India Post Newsweekly www.indiapost.com The Weekly Newspaper Serving Indians Worldwide Mission Statement Romesh & Sunita Japra Publishers To empower the Indian Diaspora and make their voice strong and effective in countries of their adoption. RJ Media conglomerate Rajesh Verma Co-Publisher offers a credible, professional and complete package of news, opinion, entertainment, networking and information. Vikram Paul President Krishan Sharma Mg Director & Joint Editor Naresh Sodhi General Manager Amit Saini IT Director HIGHLIGHTS Deexa Khanduri Sub Editor Ghanshyam Bisht Supervisor Graphics Bollywood: Lifestyle: SAN FRANCISCO & Anushka on 'Bulbbul' Are you are a hugger SILICON VALLEY Vidya Sethuraman Bureau Chief Anushka Sharma says she always wanted People who tend to hug a lot are suffer- Vijay Thapar CPRO & Advertising to show strong, independent women ing from "skin hunger" in the social dis- Kiran Pandey Director, WellnessPost through cinema and her latest tancing times and certain genes are to Vinita Thapar Marketing Deepak Chhabra Promotions "Bulbbul", is a step in that direction. be blamed for this behavior. Ritu Maheshwari Director Promotions 30 14 Sudesh Kumari Correspondent LOS ANGELES Mrs Shashi Trivedi Bureau Chief Cover Story: Techbiz: CHICAGO Taming the Dragon Moonshot for India's Digi-Infra Ramesh Soparawala Resident Editor India has banned 59 Apps with Chinese Population scale digital infrastructure A Q Siddiqui Correspondent links saying they were prejudicial to must enable reduction in their cost of ST. LOUIS sovereignty, integrity and security of access to food, lending and healthcare, Ashwin Patel Correspondent the country. 5 irrespective of location. 10 NEW YORK & NEW JERSEY Pinky Kaur Bureau Chief Srirekha N. Chakravarty Correspondent Nikita Japra Correspondent Community: Travel: Sukhvinder Saini Circulation Chicago's 6th Int'l Yoga Day Tadoba National Park BOSTON Gope Gidwani Bureau Chief FIA in league with Chicago Indian Con- "Tadoba National Park", also known as sulate celebrated 6th International Yoga the "Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve" is CANADA Day 2020, offered as a Virtual Event, on one of 47 project tiger reserves exist- Paras Nehra Correspondent Friday, June 19, 2020. 17 ing in India. 16 NEW DELHI Lakshay Sharma Web Developer MUMBAI Immigration: Wellness: Nidhi Soparawala Correspondent Frank Fernandes Correspondent Restrictions detrimental to US Pelosi's 'Obamacare' Bill VADODARA, GUJARAT The temporary suspension of H-1B and Flicking a dismissive jab at President Vaidehi Patel Correspondent other work visas by Pres. Trump along with Donald Trump, House Speaker Nancy Priyanka Shah Correspondent other restrictive policies on immigration Pelosi unveiled a plan Wednesday (June PUNJAB is detrimental to the US and its economy. 28 24), to expand 'Obamacare'. 12 Raman Nehra Bureau Chief Jaswant Singh Gandam Correspondent INFO-CENTER Business Partner India: CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS PHOENIX DUO MATRIX 1860 Mowry Ave # 200 Fremont, CA 94538 COMMUNICATIONS Tel: 510-396-9140 • Fax: 510-790-2806 • e-mail: [email protected] PRIVATE LIMITED S-1/A, 3rd Floor, Arjun Nagar, E-SUBSCRIPTION& EDITORIAL: Vidya Sethuraman: Tel: 510-491-4867 • e-mail: [email protected] Safdarjung Enclave Extension, New Delhi -110029, INDIA ADVERTISEMENT: Naresh Sodhi: Tel: 510-938-8667 • e-mail: [email protected] I Graphics Inquiry: E-mail: [email protected] T: +91 11 46068685, +91 11 41006051 INDIA CORPORATE OFFICE • E: [email protected] • W: www.phoenixduomatrix.com 230-A, 3rd Floor, Jin Kushal Suri Complex (Opp NDSE Part-II) New Delhi - 110049 • Tel: 11-26257769 • E-mail:[email protected] For advertisement rates call the office nearest to you: India Sales Offices: India Post Copyright©1994 RJ Media Inc, ISSN 1084-3868, is published weekly for SAN FRANCISCO & SILICON VALLEY NEW DELHI PUNJAB $30 for 52 issues yearly by India Post, 1860 1860 Mowry Ave # 200 Fremont, CA 94538 Chandrika Malikarya Amardeep Singh Mowry Ave Ste 200, Fremont, CA 94538- Naresh Sodhi: 510-938-8667 • e-mail: [email protected] Sr. Manager - Sales & Business Development Manager - Business Development 1730. Application to mail at Periodicals M: +91 8373929895 M: +91 8527456807 postage prices is pending at Fremont, Vidya Sethuraman: 510-491-4867 • e-mail: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] California and additional mailing offices. LOS ANGELES CHICAGO BANGALORE POSTMASTER: Send address changes to 16224 Alpine Pl. La Mirada, CA 90638 2543 W Devon Ave Chicago IL 60659 Gowtham Sivanandam Advertorials & Event Team India: India Post, 1860 Mowry Ave Ste 200, Tel: 562-441-5511, Tel: 773-973-7394; Fax: 773-973-7396; Sr. Manager Business Development Fremont, CA 94538-1730. [email protected] Email: [email protected] M: +91 9880535664 Deepti Dogra E: [email protected] Assistant Manager DISCLAIMER NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY Editorial and Content Support India Post assumes all advertisers to be Tel: 510-938-8667 • e-mail: [email protected] MUMBAI/AHMEDABAD [email protected] reliable and responsible for all liability M: +91 9560750802 for their claimers For editorial, contact: [email protected] July 3, 2020 Cover/Top Stories India Post 5 www.indiapost.com TAMING THE DRAGON India bans 59 Chinese Apps, Cancels major Infrastructure project NEW DELHI & PATNA: India has loads worldwide (excluding China) in The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination aspects relating to data security and banned 59 Apps with Chinese links, in- September 2019, with half of its global Centre, Ministry of Home Affairs, has safeguarding the privacy of 130 crore cluding hugely popular TikTok and UC installs from India. It also claimed to also sent an exhaustive recommenda- Indians. It has been noted recently that Browser, saying they were prejudicial to have 130 million monthly active users tion for blocking these malicious apps, such concerns also pose a threat to sov- sovereignty, integrity and security of ereignty and security of our country," the country. the statement said. The ban (as of 29 June), which comes Over 2015-19, Chinese investors in- in the backdrop of current standoff cluding Alibaba, Tencent, TR Capital and along the Line of Actual Control in Hillhouse Capital, have invested over Ladakh with Chinese troops, is also ap- USD 5.5 billion in Indian start-ups, ac- plicable for WeChat and Bigo Live. cording to Venture Intelligence that The list of apps that have been tracks private equity, venture capital, banned also include Helo, Likee, M&A transactions and valuations, in In- CamScanner, Vigo Video, Mi Video Call dia. Xiaomi, Clash of Kings as well as e-com- merce platforms Club Factory and Center cancels Bihar's mega Shein. bridge project This marks the largest sweep against The Center has cancelled the tender of the Chinese technology companies. a mega bridge project over the Ganga The Information Technology Ministry in Bihar as Chinese companies are in- in a statement said it has received many volved in it, officials stated. complaints from various sources, includ- "Two of the four contractors selected ing several reports about misuse of for the project were Chinese and the some mobile apps available on Android tender was cancelled because of their and iOS