In a major decision that was made by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Thursday imposed a fine of 137.76 crore.

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1,337.76 million on Google for squandering its dominance in various markets within the Android mobile device ecosystem,

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in addition to the issue of a cease and desist or order to the technology giant.

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Google was given 30 days to provide the required financial information and documents. 

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The antitrust watchdog, which started conducting an investigation into Google several years ago following receiving complaints from local firms,

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Also directed Google to not offer any incentive for smartphone manufacturers to exclusively offer its search services.

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The Commission evaluated the practices employed by Google in relation to the licensing of the Android the mobile OS as well as

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The various mobile applications that are proprietary to Google (Play Store, Google Search, Google Chrome, YouTube etc.

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In the course of an investigation, Google argued about the challenges it faced in battling Apple.

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Google's business was revealed that it was driven by goal of gaining more users to its platforms, so that they interact with its revenue-generating services,

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