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Number
of Indian mobile users to touch 993 mn by 2014: Gartner |
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the Ground Zero Mosque: Video |
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Anti-democratic
atrocities of Kerala Police against PFI condemned |
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Govt.
not in Muslim appeasement: Centre |
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Chlorine gas leak in Mumbai: 65 patients
discharged |
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Cong
to come out with 'chargesheet' against Nitish |
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Positive developments in Indo-Pak talks |
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US
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contemplating amendments in Right to Education Act?:
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detractors wrong:French President Nicolas Sarkozy
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 Gujarat: Making of a Fascist State:
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as Shakeel to his friends, has been arrested on 17th June 2010, on
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US officials has
reiterated Washington's disagreement with a measure approved by the
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Sindh attacked after boy drinks from mosque cooler:
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Khairlanji killings:
HC commutes death penalty of 6 to life:
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday commuted the death sentence of
six convicts in the infamous Khairlanji Dalit killings case
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million poor live in eight Indian States:
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The new symbol of the
Indian rupee is seen in this handout photograph after it was
approved by India's Cabinet
on Thursday.
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New Delhi:
India's rupee has joined the ranks of the dollar, the pound, the
euro and the yen: It now can be designated with a symbol.
After a nationwide contest, India's government announced Thursday
the winning symbol for its currency, a combination of the Roman
letter R and its Hindi equivalent. The symbol includes just the
right half of the letter R with an equals sign over it.
The government hopes the symbol will signal that India has arrived
on the global economic stage and emphasize the "robustness of the
Indian economy as a favored destination for global investments,"
Information Minister Ambika Soni said at a brief ceremony to unveil
the final choice, one of 3,000 submitted.
Soni told reporters that the symbol would distinguish the Indian
rupee from the currencies of other countries that also use the
rupee, such as Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka, and the Indonesian
rupiah.
Analysts say New Delhi hopes the symbol will draw attention to a
currency backed by a more than trillion dollar economy.
The symbol will be adopted across the country over the next six
months, and within two years globally, Soni said.
"I was looking to blend a bit of India's cultural tradition, while
making sure that it would fit on a computer keyboard," said the
designer, Udaya Kumar, the designer of the winning entry and a Ph.D
student at the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai.
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