The Indian government is set to mandate Indian Standard Time (IST) for all official activities, aiming to eliminate reliance on foreign systems like G ...

India is set to mandate the use of Indian Standard Time across all legal, commercial, and digital systems, with formal rules to be notified shortly under the Legal Metrology Act. Consumer Affairs ...

Experts have raised concerns over India’s ability to withstand competition from regional peers, with cheaper valuations and ...

To make Indian Standard Time (IST) mandatory, the government will soon notify Legal Metrology (Indian Standard Time) Rules, 2025. The draft rules were issued in January 2025 for stakeholders ...

In its communication to ISPs, the DoT emphasised the importance of synchronising all network clocks with NPL or NIC-operated ...

Mandatory Use Of IST: The Indian government is set to make the use of Indian Standard Time (IST) mandatory across all legal, commercial, and administrative activities to enhance security and ...

NEW DELHI: Did you know the Indian Standard Time (IST) is derived from the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) with an offset of +5.30 hours? It is a successor to the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

The DOT has requested that ISPs synchronise their clocks with servers maintained by the National Informatics Centre or the ...