The DMK-led Tamil Nadu government has decided to remove the official rupee symbol (₹) from the state’s Budget 2025, replacing it with the Tamil script. This marks the first time a state has ...

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 ...

If DMK opposes ‘₹’ now, why didn’t it protest in 2010 when it was adopted under the Cong-led UPA, with DMK as part of the ruling alliance at the Centre?

The Tamil government's decision to replace the Indian rupee symbol with a new logo - Tamil alphabet 'Ru' - has triggered a massive political controversy amid the ongoing language battle.

In response, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman accused DMK of promoting secessionist sentiments under the pretence of regional pride ...

The designer of the rupee symbol (₹) has reacted to the controversy over the Tamil Nadu government replacing the sign with the Tamil letter "Ru" in promotional material for the state budget.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin replaced the rupee symbol with a Tamil script in the state budget amidst a controversy over 'Hindi imposition.' The rupee symbol was originally designed by ...

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

IIT Guwahati Professor D Udaya Kumar, who designed the Indian rupee symbol, distanced himself from the controversy over Tamil Nadu's decision to replace the Devanagari symbol with a Tamil letter ...

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 ...