India-China dispute live updates: Chinese defence minister seeks meeting with Rajnath Singh during SCO summit

India on Thursday said the situation witnessed in the border areas in eastern Ladakh over the past four months is a "direct result" of actions taken by China aimed at effecting unilateral change in the status quo of the region. External affairs ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said India is committed to resolve all issues through dialogue, noting the way ahead to address the issue is negotiations.

China has expressed strong objection to India’s decision to ban 118 more Chinese apps, spokesperson of the China’s Ministry of Commerce, Gao Feng said at a press briefing on Thursday according to China’s state-run daily Global Times.India on Wednesday banned 118 Chinese mobile apps, including PUBG, amid the standoff with China at the Line of Actual Control."Banned mobile apps prejudicial to sovereignty, integrity, defense of India and public order", the India’s Information Technology ministry notification said adding that it has received several complaints of misuse of these Apps for stealing and transmitting data of users in unauthorized way to servers located outside India. Earlier India had banned 59 Chinese apps including the popular TikTok and WeChat.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to tighten his government's totalitarian control and is exporting the technology to other countries across the world, according to a report.