India, through the ministry of electronics and IT, has ordered 54 Chinese apps banned including those belonging to major tech companies in China such as Tencent, Alibaba and NetEase. Many of these apps had already been banned in 2020, but then the Chinese renamed them, local media advances this Monday.

The Indian security measure has to do with tensions with China, as the neighboring nations are embroiled in a protracted border dispute that affects business.

The latest move comes as a long-running dispute between the two nuclear-armed nations remains unresolved, following a bloody conflict in 2020 that left soldiers on both sides dead and drew tougher laws in India for investment from China, including the original app ban.

India and China share an unmarked 3,488 km border along the Himalayas, where thousands of troops, tanks and artillery cannons from both countries have since been concentrated.

Tensions remain between the two countries, with India's army chief citing the risk of Chinese aggression last month.