The Latest: Top stories of the day
1. The army and the air force have been called in to douse the Uttarakhand forest fires, which have left six dead so far.
2. The Central Bureau of Investigation grills former deputy air force chief on the AugustaWestland chopper scam.
3. The Supreme Court recommends stronger laws and longer jail terms for money laundering.

Weekend read
1. In the Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta on how India is trying to stand up to China by being like China in its visa policy.
2. In the Hindu, Jayant Sriram on Malegaon, the "communal tinderbox" that is more preoccupied with business than its troubled communal past.
3. In Livemint-Lounge, Abhijit Gupta on a book by a 19th century British surgeon which details the adventures of a Danish woman in Bengal, who later became part of Napoleon's court, and other sensational tales.
4. In Hindu BLInk, Urvashi Butalia on how there is no room in Kashmir to launch a book on the alleged mass rapes of Kunan Poshpora.
5. In the Business Standard, TN Ninan compares the Bofors scandal with the AugustaWestland scam, both of which took on a life of their own.
6. In the New Yorker, Robin Wright on the dark legacy of the Sykes-Picot Agreement, which drew the map of the modern Middle East.
7. In the Guardian, Yasmin Abhilai-Brown explains how Shakespeare's plays speak to modern anxieties surrounding migration.
8. Also in the Indian Express, Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria on the immortality of Don Quixote, who died around the same day as Shakespeare.
9. In the New York Times, Jenée Desmond-Harrison is glad that Donald Trump's campaign has brought America's racial prejudices out in the open.
10. In the Independent, Rupert Cornwell on protests at American universities, where students are demanding reparations for slavery.