India, June 25 -- The Department of Telecommunications (DoT), in its recent directive, dated 19 June,instructed all licensed Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to migrate critical and essential services to the ".in" domain. Additionally, they must ensure that their network devices synchronise system clocks with official Network Time Protocol (NTP) servers operated by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) or the National Informatics Centre (NIC).

As part of the government's "One Nation, One Time" initiative, the Ministry of Telecommunications has also recommended that ISPs adopt Indian Standard Time (IST). This aligns with the Department of Consumer Affairs' draft Legal Metrology (Indian Standard Time) Rules, which propose to formally est...