It proposed two time zones instead: five and a half hours ahead of GMT for one side of India, and six and a half hours for another, specifically what they’ve described as “extreme northeast ...

Nine hours and 30 minutes ahead of New York. Five hours and 30 minutes ahead of London. Three hours and 30 minutes behind Tokyo. For more than a century, India’s clocks have officially fallen ...

India's Single Time Zone: A Look At Its History The sun rises nearly two hours earlier in the east of India than in the west. Many people have wondered how the time zone was decided for the ...

The politics of time. While the 30-minute difference is a lingering remnant of India’s colonial past, some countries have changed their own time zones more recently.

(CNN) — Nine hours and 30 minutes ahead of New York. Five hours and 30 minutes ahead of London. Three hours and 30 minutes behind Tokyo. For more than a century, India’s clocks have officially ...

By Dhruv Tikekar, CNN (CNN) — Nine hours and 30 minutes ahead of New York. Five hours and 30 minutes ahead of London. Three hours and 30 minutes behind Tokyo. For more than a century, India’s ...

By Dhruv Tikekar, CNN (CNN) — Nine hours and 30 minutes ahead of New York. Five hours and 30 minutes ahead of London. Three hours and 30 minutes behind Tokyo. For more than a century, India’s ...