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The Centre on Saturday said it has commissioned a demonstration network that uses "White Rabbit" precision timing technology to distribute a secure, tamper-resistant national time signal, as the country pushes to reduce reliance on foreign timing sources for critical infrastructure. Union food and consumer affairs Pralhad Joshi last week launched the network at the Regional Reference Standard Laboratory (RRSL) in Bengaluru, a joint project of the Department of Consumer Affairs, the government-run CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The system disseminates Indian Standard Time -- traceable to the national time-keeping authority UTC (NPLI) -- using Precision Time Protocol-based White Rabbit technology, which the ministry said in a statement, offers highly accurate synchronisation for sectors, including banking, telecommunications, power grids, transportation, and digital governance. The ministry, working with CSIR-NPL, ISRO,
Amazon will continue to expand the use of automation technologies across operations in India and deploy advanced systems for inventory management at its fulfilment centres in the country, a senior company executive said. In an interview with PTI, Amazon Robotics Chief Technologist Tye Brady said the company already uses several automation solutions in its Indian fulfilment network and remains committed to investing in the market, where it has announced significant long-term capital commitments. Amazon has invested USD 40 billion in India and has announced plans for another USD 35 billion investment through 2030. "There are robotic systems in India (fulfilment centres of Amazon), like, the SLAM labeler, systems that we use for inventory control, for inventory management. That we will continue to invest in," Brady said on the sidelines of Amazon's Delivering the Future EMEA 2026 event in London. SLAM (scan, label, apply, manifest) labeler is an automated system used in large fulfilme