India, Aug. 22 -- Amid reports of users being able to access TikTok's website homepage in India, sources from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology have clarified that the ban on the Chinese app has not been lifted.

Earlier, several users reportedly claimed that they were able to access the ByteDance-owned company's website in India, even though the TikTok app itself continued to remain unavailable on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store.

In June 2020, the central government announced a ban on 59 mobile applications, mostly Chinese, including TikTok, UC Browser and WeChat, citing concerns that these are 'prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order'.

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