The Indian government unveiled its new symbol for the rupee, a graphic winning a contest that beat out five central competitors. View photos.

The Indian rupee will now sport a distinct identification symbol like the world's major currencies - dollar, pound sterling, yen and the euro. The five shortlisted designs are unique and contemporary.

A handout picture released by India's Press Information Bureau shows the new symbol for the Indian rupee, July 15, 2010. ILLUSTRATION: AFP/Getty Images ...

Indian Rupee Gets Its Own Symbol : The Two-Way It joins the dollar, yen, euro, and pound. The Two-Way. Must Reads. Indian Rupee Gets Its Own Symbol. July 15, 2010 9:41 AM ET. By . David Gura ...

Indian rupee symbol History is littered with nationalistic symbols — some have faded into obscurity while others still remain culturally relevant. On the eve of India’s 75th Independence Day ...

Bangalore: The Indian Rupee Symbol has been finalized and typing the Indian Rupee symbol is not possible yet, because of its uniqueness and it not being part of the keyboard alphabets yet.

Update: Indian Express reports that keyboards with the new rupee symbol will be rolled out in January 2012.. N Ravi Shanker, additional secretary, Department of Information Technology said: The ...

Amid the burning language row in Tamil Nadu, the state government has replaced the Indian rupee symbol with the Tamil letter for 'ru', which is the first letter of the Tamil word 'Rubaai' meaning ...

Amid an ongoing row, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday hit out at the DMK-led Tamil Nadu government for replacing the rupee symbol and said the party should have objected when ...