Indian currency doesn’t have a unique symbol or identity. So far Rs or Re have been used to denote the Indian currency.
Last year, Govt of India decided to create symbol for Indian currency which should capture the sense of India’s history and culture. A competition was announced last year to public to provide suggestions.
There are five symbols that are shortlisted now, to choose a suitable symbol to represent Indian currency.
One among the five will take part in the Indian history.
FIFA World Cup 2010 is on it’s peak now. Design and the specifications of the Match Ball of the world cup have always been special factors for any world cup.
This world cup’s match ball is named as Jabulani and it is the production from Adidas.
Jabulani means ‘rejoice in Zulu. If you translate literally, it means to celebrate.
Jabulani ball has 11 colours on it to represent 11 players in the team, 11 official languages of South Africa, 11 communities in South Africa. And of course the final will be held on 11th of July.
These balls are produced in China and the raw materials are imported from Kerala-India and Taiwan.
Jabulani is the first official match ball that is moulded by to keep the complete spherical shape.
Here is a cool video clip that details about the production process of match ball for World Cup 2010.
Football World Cup 2010 is starting today. Next few weeks is going to be ‘”Football everywhere”. Matches, reviews, betting, celebrations and many more.
No celebrations without music.
Every World Cup has it’s own official song. This year, it is “Waka Waka” from Shakira.
There is another song, “Wavin’ flag” from K’naan. This song was chosen as Coca-cola’s promotional anthem for 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Both songs are rocking over internet and crossed few million views in Youtube.
Let’s enjoy the world cup with music.
Waka Waka from Shakira – Official Song for FIFA World Cup 2010
Wavin’ Flag from K’naan – Coca-cola’s promotional anthem for FIFA World Cup 2010
Releasing Google Doodles on major events is a habit for Google. Not sure when are we going to get the new doodle for World Cup; but Google had already put something new this time.
When you search for ‘World Cup’ in Google, you will find the below picture at the bottom of the search page.
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