"indian-standard-time"

The government has notified the Legal Metrology (Indian Standard Time) Rules, 2026, mandating IST as the legally recognised national time reference. Effective 180 days after publication, the rules establish a distributed architecture through CSIR-NPL, ISRO, and RRSLs to ensure reliable dissemination of IST across critical sectors.

As it crosses Earth's orbit, the near-Earth asteroid named 2020 RK2 will be about 38,30,238 kilometres from Earth.