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  INDIAN E-COMMERCE INDUSTRY   E-commerce has transformed the way business is done in India. The Indian E-commerce market is expected to grow to US$ 111.40 billion by 2025 from US$ 46.2 billion as of 2020. Much of the growth for the industry has been triggered by an increase in internet and smartphone penetration. As of September 2020, the number of internet connections in India significantly increased to 784.6 million, driven by the ‘Digital India’ programme.  Out of the total internet connections, 61% connections were in urban areas, of which 97% connections were wireless.   The Indian online grocery market is estimat

INDIAN MEDICAL DEVICES INDUSTRY The healthcare and medical device sectors have grown significantly in the last decade. There is a huge gap in the current demand and supply of medical devices in India and this provides a significant opportunity for manufacturing devices in India. At present, many medical device manufacturers (domestic and international) are chasing this massive under penetration of medical devices in India as a significant growth opportunity. In India is among the top 20 markets for medical devices worldwide. India’s medical devices market stood at US$ 11 billion in 2020 and is expected to reach US$ 65 billion in 2024. The medical devices sector in India comprises large multinationals and small and m

  INDIAN TEXTILES INDUSTRY India’s textiles sector is one of the oldest industries in the Indian economy, dating back to several centuries. The industry is extremely varied, with hand-spun and hand-woven textiles sectors at one end of the spectrum, while the capital-intensive sophisticated mills sector on the other end. The decentralized power looms/ hosiery and knitting sector forms the largest component in the textiles sector. The close linkage of textiles industry to agriculture (for raw materials such as cotton) and the ancient culture and traditions of the country in terms of textiles makes it unique in comparison to other industries in the country. India’s textiles industry has a capacity

INDIAN DEFENCE MANUFACTURING   The Indian defence manufacturing industry is a significant sector for the economy. The industry is likely to accelerate with rising concerns of national security. Demand for defence equipment in India has been growing due to the ongoing territorial disputes with Pakistan and China over the ownership of the Northern State of Kashmir and the North Eastern State of Arunachal Pradesh, respectively.   Over the last five years, India has been ranked among the top importers of defence equipment to gain technological advantages over rival countries such as China and Pakistan. To modernise its armed forces and reduce dependency over external dependence for defence procurement, several initiatives have been taken by the government to encou

  History of 20th June 1857 The  Indian Rebellion of 1857  was a major, but ultimately unsuccessful, uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the  British Crown .The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 in the form of a mutiny of sepoys of the Company's army in the Garrison town of Meerut, 40 mi (64 km) northeast of Delhi (that area is now Old Delhi). It then erupted into other mutinies and civilian rebellions chiefly in the upper Gangetic Pain and Central India.  Though incidents of revolt also occurred farther north and east.The rebellion posed a considerable threat to British power in that region, and was contained only with the rebel's defeat in Gwalior  on 20 June 1858.

  मुरूदेश्वर शिव मंदिर की ऊंचाई 249 फीट है, जबकि कुतुबमीनार की ऊंचाई 238 फीट है! कन्दुका पहाड़ी पर, तीन ओर से पानी से घिरा यह मुरुदेश्वर मंदिर भगवान शिव को समर्पित है। यहाँ भगवान शिव का आत्म लिंग स्थापित है, जिस की कथा रामायण काल से है। अमरता पाने हेतु रावण जब शिव जी को प्रसन्न करके उनका आत्मलिंग अपने साथ लंका ले जा रहा था। तब रास्ते में इस स्थान पर आत्मलिंग धरती पर रख दिए जाने के कारण स्थापित हो गया था। गुस्से में रावण ने इसे नष्ट करने का प्रयास किया उस प्रक्रिया में, जिस वस्त्र से आत्म लिंग ढका हुआ था वह म्रिदेश्वर जिसे अब मुरुदेश्वर कहते हैं में जा गिरा। इस की पूरी कथा शिव पुराण में मिलती है। राजा गोपुरा या राज गोपुरम विश्व में सब से ऊँचा गोपुरा माना जाता है। यह 249 फीट ऊँचा है। इसे एक स्थानीय व्यवसायी ने बनवाया था। द्वार पर दोनों तरफ सजीव हाथी के बराबर ऊँची हाथी की मूर्तियाँ देखी जा सकती हैं। मुरुदेश्वर मंदिर के बाहर बनी शिव भगवान की मूर्ति विश्व की दू