Gurugram-based Zomato confirmed that it has received a notice from Google
The development comes just weeks after Paytm was blocked from the Play Store for a few hours for violating Google''s policy on sports betting activities
US District Judge Carl Nichols said in a brief order he was issuing a preliminary injunction to prevent the TikTok app store ban from taking effect
The spat also brings Google and Apple's duopoly over being the only marketplaces for applications on their mobile operating systems into question
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Paytm suggested the global tech giant's move as hypocritical as Google, too, regularly runs similar scratch card campaigns in India under its Google Pay app
Google should not misuse its dominant position
Google says it violated gambling policy; Paytm asks if cash back is gambling
Vijay Shekhar Sharma says suspension was over cashback offer
Google doesn't specifically name the payment app in separate blogpost; Other apps such as Paytm Mall, Paytm For Business and Paytm Money still available
Paytm is India's leading digital payments app, claiming over 50 million monthly active users
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Google said it does not allow apps facilitating sports betting and will remove such apps from the Google Play Store
According to App Annie, which tracks apps globally, PUBG was ranked first in July by revenues from customers who downloaded the app from Google Play or Apple IoS in India
Gaming giant's challenge may prise open app ecosystem
Facebook wants to use the Jio deal to get thousands of small businesses on-boarded onto WhatsApp to do commerce in India
The government had on Monday banned 59 Chinese applications saying they were prejudicial to sovereignty, integrity, and security of the country
However, the spokesperson did not disclose details of the apps that Google had blocked
Google Play Store earlier removed another TikTok rival app Mitron.
Says they violated policies, even as their suspension came under criticism from some quarters