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Weekend Mega Linkfest: February 03,2017

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

Why Indian e-commerce has hit a fork in the road (Haresh Chawla)

How the Finance Ministry pressurized Banks to help Mallya (IT)

Shah Rukh Khan-The Khanate without end (Outlook)

Trump Week One (Great Bong)

The Obama-Trump truce is already over (Atlantic)

How to disagree (Paul Graham)

History: Kalmykia’s long goodbye (Open Democracy)

Why Hollywood as we know it is over (Vanity Fair)

How Israeli Tech Firms do business in Saudi Arabia (Bloomberg)

Ownership Report: Land Rover Discovery Sport (TeamBHP)

Gossip: Delhi Tycoon & Modi (Gossip Guru)

The importance of Basant Panchami (Swarajya)

The orangutans of Indonesia (NatGeo)

How a 26 year old overcame severe depression (BI)

Why it’s plain stupid to buy a house in India (HP)

 

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Meanwhile in Europe

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Chart: India Vs Rest of World Gold Demand

Source: Dave Forest

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Linkfest: February 03,2017

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

BSE to start trading on NSE today (Money Control)

Tax on non-STT deals worries market (BS)

Tax evasion figures justify demonetisation (FirstPost)

Budget curtails Income Tax powers (ET)

Investing in second house is tax inefficient (FE)

25 Ways budget impacts you (Apna Plan)

Indian Tech’s post-truth moment (Bloomberg)

Govt looks to raise Rs.11,000 Crores from listing of insurers (BL)

Go invest in micro-caps (Life & Equities)

China’s demand for gold can’t be met (DR)

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Jaitley’s LTCG tax screws Entrepreneurs