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Reading List - May 19, 2019

“If you like to travel, let Python help you scrape the best fares!” by Fábio Neves https://link.medium.com/tl81196rOW “A ‘weird’ introduction to Deep Learning ” by Favio Vázquez https://towardsdatascience.com/a-weird-introduction-to-deep-learning-7828803693b0 School in Assam, India accepts plastic waste as school fee https://www.linkedin.com/feed/ update /urn:li:activity:6534639926619832320 Critical thinking is a 21st-century essential — here’s how to help kids learn it http://blog.ed.ted.com/2019/05/09/critical-thinking-is-a-21st-century-essential-heres-how-to-help-kids-learn-it/

L&T (Fidelity) Equity Fund

I had made my first equity investment in the NFO of Fidelity, way back in 2005. I was looking into the financial products available for small investors and was thinking of exploring equity markets. Fidelity had then introduced its maiden equity fund in India, named Fidelity Equity Fund. I had heard about Fidelity, did some research on its background and based on that decided to make a small investment in this fund. Luckily, some Investment Agent had called me for selling some other fund at that time (probably one of ABN Amro funds). Instead of investing in his recommendations, I asked him to invest in Fidelity Equity Fund. I remember he tried to discourage me from doing so (he was linked to ABN Amro Bank) but I persisted. So, thats how I made my first equity investment! Years passed on and I am still invested in the fund. Only change is that it is now known as L&T Equity Fund (sadly, Fidelity withdrew from Indian mutual funds in 2012 or 2013). It has been a topsy-turvy ride in ...

Any views on Smart City project by Amrapali?

I am exploring the possibility of purchasing an apartment in or around Delhi. One of my friend has pointed me to Amrapali Group's Smart City project. This project is located in Noida. While doing my research on Amrapali Group, I could not find anything good or bad about the Group or the projects they have undertaken in the past. If you have any information to share, plz do so in the comments. P.S. - The apartment I am considering is 3 BR and is not for investment purpose.

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How corrupt is your state? Read this report

When it comes to corruption, you knew India has a dubious distinction, but now a survey done by Transparency International tells you where your state stands on the national corruption index. via - IBN Live Amazon.com Get Technical Books from Amazon.com