The man behind the iconic rupee symbol design is D. Udaya Kumar, an Indian academic and designer with a passion for typography and graphic design. Kumar's design for the rupee symbol is a blend of the ...

Tamil Nadu government replaces national rupee symbol with Tamil script in Budget 2025 amid language controversy.

The Tamil Nadu government, amid a battle with the Centre over Hindi imposition in the state, let go of the rupee symbol ( ₹) ...

Mr Kumar's design was chosen from 3,000 entries submitted nationwide, and he received an award of Rs 2.5 lakh. The symbol is ...

Amid the burning language row in Tamil Nadu, the state government has replaced the Indian rupee symbol with the Tamil letter ...

The rupee (₹) symbol was introduced less than 15 years ago, chosen from thousands of designs. Incidentally, the design that ...

The ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu defended its decision to replace the Indian rupee symbol with a Tamil letter in its budget logo, ...

The DMK government in Tamil Nadu has sparked controversy by replacing the Indian Rupee symbol with a Tamil letter in the logo ...

The logo, released by the office of Chief Minister M K Stalin, which read ‘Ellorkkum Ellaam’ (Everything for Everyone), carried ‘ru’, the first letter of the Tamil word ‘rubaai’ which denotes the ...

Chief Minister Stalin has been vocal about protecting the Tamil language, describing it as not just a language but a symbol ...