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The Hindu US lawmakers grill Microsoft president over China ties, hacks

Microsoft President Brad Smith fielded questions about the tech giant’s security practices and ties to China at a House homeland security panel on Thursday, a year after alleged China-linked hackers spied on federal emails by hacking the firm.

The Hindu Kuwait fire: Special aircraft arranged on State’s request, says Kerala Minister

While the 31 bodies, including that of 23 Malayalis, seven Tamilians and a Kannadiga will be offloaded at the Kochi airport and taken to their homes by road after paying homage; the remaining bodies will be taken to Delhi.

The Hindu Review of Eswaran Sridharan’s Elections, Parties, and Coalitions in India — Theory and Recent History: After the verdict

Eswaran Sridharan’s essays will help readers make sense of the current turn to power sharing and coalition governments at the Centre

The Hindu Review of Arup K. Chatterjee’s Adam’s Bridge — Sacrality, Performance, and Heritage of an Oceanic Marvel: Protecting a fragile environment

An objective historiography of the Ram Setu argues why it should be left alone

The Hindu Review of R. Ashwin and Sidharth Monga’s I Have the Streets: A cricketer’s thank you note to Chennai

How a gully cricket player transitioned to becoming a great off-spinner for the Indian team

The Hindu How walking tours can help you connect better with Bengaluru

Gully Tours’ flagship City Explorer programme, the second edition of which will kick off in Bengaluru on June 22, seeks to create more ambassadors for the city

The Hindu How theatre troupes came to thrive in Shivamogga

Shivamogga in southern Karnataka is one of the district centres in where many amateur theatre troupes have been active for decades

The Hindu Schools reopen after long summer vacation, report good attendance on Day 1

The streets, which wore a lazy, unhurried look in the mornings for the past couple of months, were back to their bustling, busy self as school buses and auto-rickshaws packed with schoolchildren flitted across the city

The Hindu China’s ‘grey-zone’ warfare tactics against Taiwan | Explained

What are the coercive measures China has imposed on Taiwan?

The Hindu Writers speaking truth to power: the democratic value of dissent

Writers have always been the public voice of the truths of a time, while striving for a better future. Contemporary critics and writers keep the spirit of democracy alive; as do the common men and women of a country, leaning on constitutional and democratic values

The Hindu Captured, tortured, and coerced to commit cybercrime

People from across India, a large number from Andhra Pradesh, are falling prey to fraud-job rackets in Cambodia. V. Kamalakara Rao speaks to survivors who have returned, and the police, who are beginning to understand how the operations work.

The Hindu Ten years after the creation of a separate Telangana: Dividing a culture

Ten years after the creation of a separate Telangana from Andhra Pradesh, the division of antiquities, manuscripts, and cultural objects between the two States remain a bone of contention. Are provenance and time of acquisition the only yardsticks for division of heritage? Serish Nanisetti finds out

The Hindu Alphabet hit with Austrian privacy complaint over alleged browser tracking

Alphabet's Google was hit with a complaint by Austrian advocacy group NOYB on Thursday for allegedly tracking users of its Chrome Web browser