‘Mani App’ for Visually Challenged launched by RBI

India’s central bank, Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has launched a mobile app named ‘MANI’ on Wednesday, 1st January 2019 that will help in identifying the denomination of currency notes for the visually challenged persons. MANI stands for Mobile Aided Note ..

Tags: Apple • Banknote • Google • MANI App • RBI

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020

Ellora Caves motif of greenish-yellow Rs 20 denomination banknotes

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently announced that it will shortly issue Rs 20 denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series. The new denomination has motif of Ellora Caves on the reverse that depicts the country’s cultural ..

Tags: Banknote • Banknotes • Currency • Indian 20-rupee note • Indian 2000-rupee note

IIT Kharagpur devises solution to detect fake notes at Smart India Hackathon 2019

The students from IIT Kharagpur have devised unique solutions ranging from detecting counterfeit currency to nuclear radiation tracking through wearable sensors at the recently concluded nationwide competition, Smart India Hackathon 2019. They developed a code for a smartphone application to ..

Tags: Application software • Banknote • Counterfeit • Deception • Digital currency

IIT Ropar launchs an app ‘Roshni’ to help blind identify notes

IIT Ropar has launched an android app ‘Roshni’ to help the blind in recognizing the denomination of the currency notes, using image processing and analytics. At present, notes of Rs 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 2,000 are in ..

Tags: Android • Banknote • Computer architecture • Computing • Operating systems

Nepal Central Bank bans use of Indian Currency Notes

The Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), the central bank of Nepal, has recently announced the ban of Indian currency notes with denominations above Rs.100. Under the new rule, Nepali citizens cannot carry these denominations to other countries except India. Similarly, Nepalis ..

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New Rs 50 Banknotes to be introduced in Mahatma Gandhi Series

The Reserve Bank of India has announced that it will issue Rs 50 denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi Series-2005. The new notes will have inset letter ‘L’, ‘R’ in both the number panels with the signature of Dr Urjit ..

Tags: Banknote • Banknotes • Currency • Indian 2000-rupee note • Legal tender