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D. Udaya Kumar of IIT Bombay designed the Indian Rupee symbol in 2009, before which the Indian currency had no graphic ...
Amid the tussle over language and Hindi imposition with the Centre, the Tamil Nadu government replaced the Devanagari rupee symbol with a Tamil letter in its logo for the budget 2025-26, which was ...
The Tamil Nadu government, led by MK Stalin, has replaced the Rupee symbol with the Tamil script 'ரூ' for the state's 2025-26 budget, sparking a renewed language debate with the Centre. BJP ...
What’s in a symbol? A lot, if one goes by last week’s political storm over Tamil Nadu’s substitution of India’s rupee sign ‘ ₹ ’ with a similar sounding letter in the Tamil script ...
The Tamil government's decision to replace the Indian rupee symbol with a new logo - Tamil alphabet 'Ru' - has triggered a massive political controversy amid the ongoing language battle. Chief ...
Language row: MK Stalin govt replaces official rupee symbol with Tamil letter for 'Ru' in state budget Language row: Chief Minister Stalin has been vocal about protecting the Tamil language ...
The Tamil Nadu government has replaced the rupee symbol (₹) with the Tamil letters that form the sound “ru” – from “rupai” (rupees in Tamil) – in the logo for the 2025-’26 state ...
He added that he never anticipated such a debate over the rupee symbol, saying, "I am really happy about being the designer of this symbol, but I never expected such a debate to ever occur.
Ahead of its tabling on March 14, the Tamil Nadu government has replaced the Indian rupee symbol '₹' with the Tamil letter 'ரூ' (pronounced as Ru) in the offici ...
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that the Tamil Nadu government’s move to replace the rupee symbol (₹) with Tamil letters in the logo for the 2025-’26 state Budget ...
Tracing ₹'s roots: History, design, adoption and controversies; how rupee symbol came to be The Tamil Nadu government, amid a battle with the Centre over Hindi imposition in the state, let go of ...