Leap Second added to Indian Clock to Synchronize with Earth’s Spin

Leap Second added to Indian Clock to Synchronize with Earth’s Spin An extra second was added to the Indian clock at 5:29.59 hours at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) on January 1, 2017 as the atomic clock was struck at 23:59:59 the previous night. The ‘leap second’ was added to the Indian clock to synchronize the Indian Standard Time (IST) with the Earth’s Rotational Clock. The atomic