A technical error in Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi's weather app led to the disappearance of certain cities and states including Arunachal Pradesh in India which landed the company in a soup of social media rumours and controversies suspecting the mobile brand supporting the Chinese Communist Party's agenda that Ladakh and Arunachal aren't recognised as part of India.

The spokesperson from the company confirmed that it was a technical error and has been fixed now.

"We would like to clarify that the weather app on our devices uses data from multiple third-party data sources and we understand that for many locations, the weather-related data is not available on the current app. This is a technical error on our application. That said, we are working on improving the app to get the best experience for our users. As always, we are committed to India and our users across the country to provide them with the best possible user experience," the company said in a statement today.

Chinese companies have been facing a backlash ever since the global covid-19 outbreak. The anti-China sentiments have been erupting across the country due to the border tensions between the two countries in Ladakh.