.in
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.in is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for India. It was made available in 1989, four years after original generic top-level domains such as .com, .net and the country code like .us. It is currently administered by the National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI).
Quick Facts Introduced, TLD type ...
Introduced | 8 May 1989; 34 years ago (8 May 1989) |
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TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
Status | Active |
Registry | INRegistry |
Sponsor | National Internet Exchange of India |
Intended use | Entities connected with India |
Actual use | Very popular in India. Liberalisation of registration rules in 2005 led to a large increase in registrations including overseas registrations. |
Registered domains | 3 million+ (May 2022)[1][2] |
Registration restrictions | No restrictions on who can register second-level domains or most third-level domains; various specific restrictions under some of those specialised subdomains. |
Structure | May register at the second level or at the third level beneath generic-category 2nd-level domains |
Documents | Policies |
Dispute policies | .IN Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (INDRP) |
DNSSEC | Yes |
Registry website | registry.in |
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Quick Facts Introduced, TLD type ...
Introduced | 5 February 2011; 13 years ago (5 February 2011)[3] |
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TLD type | Internationalised (Devanagari) country code top-level domain |
Status | Active |
Registry | INRegistry |
Sponsor | National Internet Exchange of India |
Intended use | Entities connected with India |
Actual use | Getting popular in India. |
Registration restrictions | Devanagari script. Also comply with certain Devanagari Phonological rules; restrictions under some specialized subdomains like सरकार.भारत (≈ gov.in) and विद्या.भारत (≈ edu.in) |
Structure | May register at the second level or at the third level beneath generic-category 2nd-level domains. |
DNS name | xn--h2brj9c |
DNSSEC | Yes |
Registry website | रजिस्ट्री.भारत (registry.bharat) |
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