At the MIOT Hospital, 14 patients died after power and oxygen supplies failed. With a letup in rainfall, floodwaters gradually began to recede in Chennai on 4 December, though 40 percent of the city's districts remained submerged and safe food and drinking water remained in short supply.
A currency symbol is a graphic symbol used as a shorthand for a currency 's name, especially in reference to amounts of money.he European Commission considers the global recognition of the euro sign â¬ part of its success. In 2009, India launched a public competition to replace the â¨ ligature it shared with neighboring countries. It finalized its new currency symbol, â¹ (â¹) on 15 July 2010.
What pound means. Pound symbol Â£ is a currency sign used in UK. It derives from a capital L, representing libra, the basic unit of weight in the Roman Empire, which in turn is derived from the Latin name for scales or a balance.ound sterling currency sign Â£. Pound is used in economics and banking, in shops all over Great Britain and other countries and is the third biggest currency in the world after U.S. dollar and Euro.