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India Bans 43 Chinese More Apps In Latest Salvo At Beijing
India banned 43 more Chinese apps on Tuesday including some from e-commerce giant Alibaba, saying they threatened its “sovereignty and integrity†as tensions remain high between the nuclear-armed neighbours following a deadly border clash.New Delhi previously pulled 59 Chinese apps — including the wildly popular video-sharing platform TikTok — from its huge domestic market, weeks after the high-altitude battle in the Ladakh region in June when 20 Indian soldiers were killed.A further 118 Chinese mobile applications, including the hit shoot ’em up game PUBG, were banned in September.The latest tranche of banned apps include Alibaba’s AliExpress, delivery service Lalamove as well as dating and live-streaming apps.Alibaba’s investments in the booming online market in the nation of 1.3 billion people include digital payments platform Paytm and online grocer BigBasket.Anti-China sentiment has soared in India since the clash and sparked calls for a boycott of goods from the neighbouring country.India’s imports from China, which include toys, cosmetics, home appliances, auto components and steel, totalled US$74.9 billion last year, according to New Delhi.
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Joe Biden And Kamara Harris Name Time Person Of The Year
US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have been chosen as Time magazine’s 2020 “Person of the Year,†the publication announced Thursday.The Democratic pair was chosen ahead of three other finalists: frontline health care workers and Anthony Fauci, the racial justice movement, and President Donald Trump who Biden defeated in November’s election.Time’s magazine cover has a picture of Biden, 78, and Harris, 56, with the subtitle “Changing America’s story.â€Biden beat Trump by 306 electoral college votes to Trump’s 232 to end the real estate tycoon turned politician’s presidency after one term.Biden received roughly seven million more votes than his Republican adversary, who is yet to concede, claiming widespread fraud of which there is no evidence.Time magazine’s award — handed out annually since 1927 — honours the person or people who most impacted the news, for better or worse, during the calendar year.Earlier Thursday, Time named basketball superstar LeBron James Athlete of the Year for his achievements on and off the court.The 35-year-old Los Angeles Lakers player was honoured for battling voter suppression among Black citizens in a year when he won his fourth NBA title.K-Pop sensation BTS was named Entertainer of the Year.Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg was Time’s Person of the Year last year, while Trump won in 2016.
