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TopicTime zones

Topic: Time zones

The IST story—How Indian Railways, and Sardar Patel, helped synchronise India’s clocks

Several requests have been made to have a separate time zone for the eastern region to leverage daylight-savings schedule. It's time for India to at least discuss the pros and cons.

NASA’s Mission 2026: Set up lunar time zone that could prove ‘foundational’ for future exploration

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Scientists want to redefine the second. But we need better clocks

Getting the time right is important in so many ways, from running a railway to doing millisecond trades on the stock market.

Not just daylight saving, the inane idea of time zones should be scrapped in favour of UTC

Notion of time zones rests on a fundamental delusion, that a number should tell us when to get up, eat lunch or go to bed. Instead, we should adopt a single global time.

On Camera

We can’t just blame Muslims and Englishmen for shattered Hindu unity: RSS chief Deoras

In May 1974, RSS chief Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras spoke at a lecture series in Pune about caste-based discrimination and social equality within the Hindu fold.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

With MiG-21’s exit, India’s squadron strength hits 6-decade low. What are IAF’s plans for the Tejas

While the IAF remains committed to the Tejas programme and has placed orders for 180 Tejas Mk1A, the force is eagerly waiting for the Tejas Mk 2 version.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.