Bengaluru, July 16 -- India is set to end its reliance on foreign time sources for synchronising critical infrastructure with the rollout of the 'One Nation, One Time' initiative after consultations at the highest level of the Government of India, including with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, union Consumer Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said on Thursday.
The initiative, aimed at establishing a secure, authenticated and uniform Indian Standard Time (IST) across the country, will provide a trusted national time reference for sectors where even fractions of a second are critical, including financial markets, banking, digital payments, telecommunications, power systems, digital governance, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of T...