10-11-2016 18:06 via theguardian.com

Your money's no good: rupee note cancellation plunges India into panic

Desperate customers throng banks after sudden withdrawal of high-denomination notes from circulationQueues of angry, panicked Indians wound around bank buildings in Mumbai, the financial capital, on Thursday morning, two days after the prime minister, Narendra Modi, announced that 500- and 1,000-rupee notes, worth around £6 and £12, would be taken out of circulation.In a televised announcement on Tuesday night, Modi had urged Indians not to rush to banks, as they would have until the
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