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Up to state government, says Rupee logo creator on change

Hours after the Tamil Nadu government released a new rupee logo for the state budget, IIT Guwahati Professor D Udaya Kumar, who had designed the Indian rupee symbol, on Thursday, refused to be......

Hindi vs Tamil: Stalin govt changes Rupee symbol with Tamil letter

Intensifying the language tussle with the Centre, the Tamil Nadu government on Thursday replaced the Devanagari rupee symbol with a Tamil letter in its logo for the budget 2025-26, in an......

TN, Puducherry brace for cyclone Gaja

Image only for representation. Cyclonic storm Gaja will cross Tamil Nadu coast between Cuddalore and Pamban on Nov 15, bringing heavy rainfall coupled with gale wind, the Met......

Amid defeat, BJP retains its hold in coastal Karnataka

Even as the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party was defeated in the Karnataka assembly elections, the party retained its traditional stronghold in the coastal region by securing victories in 11 of the 13......

Cyclone Gaja leaves 33 dead in TN, navy joins relief operations

The death toll in cyclone 'Gaja' has touched 33 and left a trail of destruction across six districts districts of Tamil Nadu with 30,000 electricity poles and over a lakh trees getting uprooted,......

Rupee: Which of the 5 final designs do you like?

It is time to congratulate D Udaya Kumar, the IIT-ian who won the privilege of giving a symbol for the Indian currency. The symbol set to give the rupee a unique identity, highlights the strength......

'We can be a superpower only if every Indian is happy'

In our special year-end section, Rediff.com looks at people who wrote the India story this year. Udaya Kumar made history when his design was selected from 25,000 entries as India's symbol for......

Rupee has a new symbol: Aam aadmi's views

IIT-ian D Udaya Kumar is a proud man. Thanks to him, the Rupee has a symbol like other major global currencies. The Union Cabinet approved the symbol on Thursday. The Indian rupee is now the......

Video: Indian Rupee has a symbol now!

India has finally got a symbol for the Rupee and joined a select club of countries whose currencies have a unique identity. The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the design, which......

Meet the man who gave India the Rupee symbol

The young man, who has given the Indian rupee a symbol, has been relentlessly pursuing a little-known art called typography over the last five years. He took up this specialised subject despite......

Dilip Kumar is recovering; out of ICU

Dilip Kumar, who was admitted to Mumbai's Lilavati hospital with a lung infection, is recovering well. Actress Farida Jalal, a close family friend, says, “Dilipsaab is out......

Dilip Kumar recovering, to return home in a few days

For the first time in the last four days, Dilip Kumar's wife Saira Banu was seen smiling. The Thespian is steadily recovering in Mumbai's Lilavati hospital, and there’s a surge of relief and......

PIX: Anushka, Prabhas, Chiranjeevi attend a wedding

Veteran producer Shyam Prasad Reddy’s younger daughter Maithri got married to Abhishek in a lavish affair at the N Convention in Hyderabad. The who's who of the Telugu film industry......

The BEST celeb book? VOTE!

And you thought actors only acted! Do you know how Salman Khan's relationship with Aishwarya Rai soured? Did you know Shammi Kapoor wanted to marry Madhubala? Did you know Shatrughan Sinha was in......

Karnataka win Jr. Nat. football

A golden goal by K P Udaya Kumar gaveKarnatakaa 1-0 victory overGoain the final of the 39th Junior National Football championship in Thrissur, Kerala, on Sunday night.The victory earned......