Govt orders Apple, Google to remove 7 Chinese apps

NEW DELHI: Government has ordered Google and Apple to remove seven Chinese battery management apps, including BAT-BMS, Lossigy and Epoch-i-ion, from their app stores after reports surfaced online that these were being misused to remotely disable battery-operated vehicles, including e-rickshaws.

The order - against the backdrop of bans and takedowns since the Galwan confrontation in 2020 - marks the first to address issues of data security , sovereignty and remote interference linked to vehicle devices.