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After PM Narendra Modi’s Mann Ki Baat, desi apps in top 10 on Play Store


(This story initially appeared in on Sep 02, 2020)

New Delhi: A number of indigenous apps have raced to the highest 10 on Google Play Retailer of their respective classes after PM Narendra Modi talked about progressive apps on Mann Ki Baat final Sunday. In ‘social’ class, the indigenous apps trending within the prime 10 are – Josh, Snapchat, Sharechat, Moj, Roposo and Chingari.

In ‘schooling’, apps like Ap Sarkar Seva, Drishti, Saraldata, Voot children, PunjabEducare, Doubtnut, Kutuki Children are new favourites, whereas in ‘well being & health’ Aarogya Setu leads, adopted by different indigenous apps like Stepsetgo, Dwelling Exercise, Loss Weight app for males, Enhance Peak Exercise, Six Packs in 30 days.

Within the newest Mann Ki Baat episode final week, Modi had exhorted residents to help indigenously developed apps, which was seen not solely an try to spice up the “self-reliant India” marketing campaign but in addition push trials of those apps to the extent that they substitute different in style apps, that are managed by international corporations and usually are not thought-about secure.

Modi had appreciated among the indigenously developed apps like Koo, StepSetGo, Zoho, Chingari, Kutuki, FTC expertise, and so forth. The “Aatmanirbhar App Innovation Problem” had chosen one of the best apps from round 7,000 entries throughout India. These have been from totally different classes like gaming, leisure, enterprise, utilities, social media and health.

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