Published 13:35 IST, October 19th 2020

SHOCKING: Arunachal Pradesh disappears from Xiaomi’s weather app due to 'technical error'

Tech giant Xiaomi on Sunday ran into trouble after its weather app led certain cities and states in India to disappear from the app due to 'technical error'.

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Tech giant Xiaomi on Sunday ran into trouble after its wear app led certain cities and states in India to disappear from app due to 'technical error'. After a social media outr that accused Chinese company of supporting Chinese Communist Party against India by t showing wear details of Arunachal Presh, company issued a statement and claimed to have fixed error. 

'This is a technical error on our application'

"re was a technical issue in our wear app that we h identified. same has been fixed,” Mi India spokesperson told HT Tech.  

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“We would like to clarify that wear app on our devices uses data from multiple third-party data sources and we understand that for many locations, wear-related data is t available on current app. This is a technical error on our application. That said, we are working on improving app to get best experience for our users. As always, we are committed to India and our users across country to provide m with best possible user experience," company h said in a separate statement earlier in day.

Chinese companies have been facing huge criticism ever since global COVID-19 outbreak. anti-China sentiments have been compounded in India, due to border clashes between two countries in Lakh along LAC. New Delhi has responded by banning over 150 Chinese apps from operating in country, a few from Xiaomi amongst m.

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Twitter under fire as it shows J&K part of China

Meanwhile, Twitter also came under fire on Sunday for displaying Jammu-Kashmir's Leh as a part of 'People's Republic of China'. National Security Analyst Nitin Gokhale who was live on Twitter near Leh airport, ticed that his location was displaying as 'Jammu and Kashmir, People's Republic of China'. This amaly was raised by Observer Research Foundation (ORF) chairman Kanchan Gupta to Twitter India, stating that it was t an 'isolated incident', but that several netizens who were logging online faced same issue.

Taking to Twitter, Gokhale narrated, "This morning, I was live on Twitter along with Rohit Pandita to apprise people of my journey to Lakh from Himachal Presh via a new ro. After we finished our brocast, to our horror, we found that location we h put of our location of War Memorial, Hall of Fame - a famous landmark in Leh came as Jammu and Kashmir, People's Republic of China. I apprised Twitter by tagging m, expecting m to take action, but except for anger from people of India, thing happened."

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He ded, "We tried again by doing an experimental live with a different brocast, but again same results came up. Even w if you go live in areas near Leh airport, Leh's Hall of fame, it shows as 'J&K, People's Republic of China'. I do t kw why this is happening, but it is my duty to inform you about it."

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13:35 IST, October 19th 2020