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Cabinet finalises Rupee symbol
 The Union Cabinet on July 15 approved the final design for the unique symbol of the Indian rupee. It has given its approval to the numerical representation for the Indian rupee, which is a mix of the Devanagri 'Ra' and Roman 'R'...More |
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Udaya Kumar: the man behind the new Rupee symbol
 The symbol has been designed by Dharmalingam Udaya Kumar (31), an IIT Bombay post-graduate, who has just joined as a teacher at IIT Guwahati. Kumar will receive a prize money of Rs 2.5 lakh for his efforts...More
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FM says happy on new Rupee symbol
 Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that he is happy that the Indian Rupee has joined the exclusive club of international currencies which have their own special symbols...More |
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Indian Rupee's evolution
 India was one of the first issuers of coins (circa: 6th Century BC) and has seen a wide range of monetary units throughout its history. According to historical evidence, the first Indian coins may have been introduced somewhere between 2500 and 1750 BC...More |
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How the dollar got $ symbol?
 One of the theories doing the rounds is that the US Dollar got the $ from the Spanish. In the late 18th century, merchants in the North American British colonies traded mainly with two currencies: the British pound and the Spanish dollar. When the United States adopted its own currency in 1785, it used Spanish money as its model...More |
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Keyboards, softwares to have Rupee symbol
 For incorporating the symbol in the keyboards to be manufactured in India, the Manufacturers’ Association for Information Technology (MAIT) will enjoin its membership to make requisite changes in the production processes once the symbol is notified as a keyboard standard by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)...More
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Rupee symbol encoding to take up to 2 years
 The encoding of the Rupee symbol in the Indian Standards is estimated to take about six months while encoding in the Unicode and ISO/IEC 10646 will take about 18 months to two years. It will be incorporated in software packages and keyboards in use in India...More |