The Latest: Top stories of the day
1. One soldier has gone missing after an avalanche hit an army post in Kargil.
2. Former Delhi University professor SAR Geelani was granted bail after he was arrested on charges of sedition.
3. The men's cricket team pulled off a six-wicket win against Pakistan in the World T20, while the Indian women saw a narrow loss to Pakistan in a rain-hit match.
Weekend Reads
1. Dhruva Jaishankar in the Indian Express takes a look at the US President candidates and their positions on issues that will matter to India.
2. Thiruvananthapuram, with its soft corner for Hindutva, is crucial for the Bharatiya Janata Party's plans in Kerala, writes S Sanandakumar in the Economic Times.
3. Internet giants are getting used to regulatory uncertainty in India, because the market is expected to grow 13-fold in the next three years, writes Bruce Einhorn in Bloomberg Businessweek.
4. Niranjan Radyaksha in Mint dips into speeches and excerpts of Veer Savarkar's works for a re-look at the Hindutva icon's legacy.
5. With West Bengal elections around the corner, the bomb-makers are starting to get busy, reports Esha Roy in the Indian Express.
6. "To see [Virat] Kohli construct a chase is the most Indian thing after all," writes Sriram Veera in the Indian Express.
7. The little-known pangolin is being hunted to near-extinction in India, writes Saurabh Yadav in Blink.
8. Shantanu Nandan Sharma in the Economic Times explains how the world’s largest inhabited island figures in BJP’s game plan in Assam.
9. Mandakini Gahlot and Vidya Krishnan in the Caravan explain how big pharma and the Indian government are letting millions of patients down.
10. Amit Chaudhuri in the Guardian tells us the real meaning of Rhodes Must Fall.
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