India fines Google $113 million in second antitrust penalty this month, article with image

NEW DELHI, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google was fined 9.36 billion Indian rupees ($113.04 million) on Tuesday as India concluded yet another antitrust probe this month, finding the U.S. tech firm guilty of abusing its market position to promote its payments app and in-app payment system.

It was fined $162 million by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Thursday for anticompetitive practices related to Android.

($1 = 82.8030 Indian rupees)

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Reporting by Munsif Vengattil; Additional reporting by Praveen Paramasivam in Bengaluru, Editing by Louise Heavens

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