D Udaya Kumar is the mastermind behind the Indian rupee symbol, which was adopted in 2010. What's fascinating is that Kumar, ...

Millions of people in South Asia are celebrating Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, by smearing each other with brightly ...

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 ...

The ruling party replaced the Devanagari rupee symbol with the Tamil letter for the same in its 2025-26 budget logo, triggering criticism from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Kumar said he has no ...

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

The finance minister accused the DMK of ‘not only rejecting a national symbol but also completely ignoring the creation of a ...

IIT Guwahati Professor D. Udaya Kumar discusses Tamil Nadu's new rupee logo, designed by him, amid controversy.

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Following the Tamil Nadu government's introduction of a new rupee logo in its state budget, Professor Udaya Kumar ...

The finance minister said such moves could promote secessionist sentiments and weaken the commitment to national unity.

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The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, MK Stalin has dropped the Indian Rupee Symbol (₹) from the state Budget for the year2025-26, and it has been replaced with the Tamil letter 'Ru' from 'Rubai', which ...