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The legislation is aimed at closing a loophole in the state's distracted driving law.

Representational image. | Sajjad Hussain / AFP With India shutting its door to TikTok, its Chinese owner Bytedance has now found a new Asian home. The Beijing-headquartered company is downsizing its workforce in India and ramping up recruitment in Singapore, according to analytics company GlobalData. “Bytedance plans to make Singapore its epicentre for the rest of Asia-Pacific in its quest to find a neutral ground amid the ongoing trade tensions between the United States and China in the wake of potential national security risks,” Ajay Thalluri, business fundamentals an...

ByteDance says reducing India workforce in light of app ban Reuters NEW DELHI | Updated on January 27, 2021 Unsure of making a comeback China's ByteDance has decided to reduce the size of its India team and is unsure when the company will make a comeback in India, it said in an internal memo to employees on Wednesday. India has decided to retain its ban on video app TikTok and58 other Chinese apps after reviewing responses from the companies on issues such as compliance and privacy, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. The apps were banned amid rising tens...

TikTok and 58 other Chinese apps face permanent ban in India: Report TikTok and 58 other Chinese apps face permanent ban in India: Report Advertisement The ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY), as per sources, stated that apps including TikTok and 58 other Chinese apps have to face a permanent ban on these apps in India.    The report first came from Mint, citing the source close to the development that said, “The government is not satisfied with the response/explanation given by these companies. Hence, the ban for these 59 apps is permanent now".    To recall, bac...

TikTok scales down India operations; read full text of mail to staff It is not clear how many employees have been let go. CNBC-TV18 January 27, 2021 / 12:58 PM IST ByteDance, the company which owns the app TikTok, said today that it was scaling down its India operations. This follows the Indian government banning many Chinese apps, including TikTok, last year. “We simply cannot responsibly stay fully staffed while our apps remain un-operational,” TikTok CEO Vaness Pappas, and the company’s Vice President Blake Chandlee, said in a jointly ...