Maitreyee Thakkar

Stories by the author

• 144 years later, Gaudí's masterpiece Sagrada Família finally reaches its full height: Why has the world’s most famous church taken so long to build and how much did it cost?

  
  09 Jun 2026 02:14 PM IST
• What brought down a US Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz? Mystery builds as crew rescued

  
  09 Jun 2026 10:00 AM IST
• Powerful 6.1 magnitude earthquake strikes off Cuba, tremors reach Florida and Mexico; strongest hit in over 100 years

  
  09 Jun 2026 07:30 AM IST
• Russian military satellites, designed to detect nuclear explosions are jamming GPS signals across Europe; incidents go back to 2019, new study warns

  
  08 Jun 2026 01:34 PM IST
• Small plane crashes at Melbourne’s Moorabbin Airport, teenage pilot survives

  
  08 Jun 2026 11:09 AM IST
• Penn Station stabbing leaves six injured: Suspect in custody after attack at New York City's busiest transit hub

  
  08 Jun 2026 09:12 AM IST
• Peabo Bryson dies at 75: Grammy-winning voice behind Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘A Whole New World’ passes away

  
  03 Jun 2026 09:33 AM IST
• Quote of the day by Robert De Niro: ‘Better to be king for a night than a…’ – Iconic dialogue from ‘The King of Comedy’

  
  31 May 2026 10:19 AM IST
• Quote of the day by David Beckham: ‘In my career, there's many things I've won and many things I've achieved, but…’ – Footballer on success beyond trophies and fame

  
  30 May 2026 01:16 PM IST
• ICE agent arrested in Texas over Minnesota shooting during controversial immigration crackdown

  
  30 May 2026 12:06 PM IST
• ‘They walk among us’: White House launches UFO-themed immigration website

  
  29 May 2026 08:35 AM IST
• ABC confirms Reuters executive Simon Robinson as new News Chief amid Senate scrutiny

  
  28 May 2026 03:09 PM IST
• Quote of the day by Keith Urban: ‘I think there's just so many people in the world that don't feel understood, and when…’ – country singer on feeling understood

  
  28 May 2026 02:02 PM IST
• Netflix confirms ‘Baki-Dou: The Invincible Samurai’ Part 2 for June 18 release: Here's everything we know

  
  28 May 2026 12:22 PM IST
• Packer’s Josh Jacobs arrested: Everything we know about the charges and case of the NFL star

  
  27 May 2026 08:31 AM IST
• US journalist accused of secretly working with China-linked contacts, allegedly prepared political reports intended for Xi Jinping

  
  26 May 2026 12:22 PM IST
• Sonny Rollins, the ‘Saxophone Colossus’ who redefined jazz, dies at 95

  
  26 May 2026 10:36 AM IST
• Quote of the day by Anthony Bourdain: ‘Maybe that’s enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final…’ – Celebrity chef challenges the idea of absolute certainty

  
  26 May 2026 09:53 AM IST
• Sarah Warren secures another term on Georgia Supreme Court after unusually heated contest

  
  20 May 2026 09:55 AM IST
• Tommy Tuberville secures GOP nomination for Alabama governor; faces Democrat Doug Jones again

  
  20 May 2026 08:42 AM IST
• Ebola outbreak, but no vaccine; WHO declares international emergency over rare strain spread

  
  19 May 2026 10:50 AM IST
• Deadly attack at San Diego mosque: Everything that happened in the brutal killing of three

  
  19 May 2026 09:20 AM IST
• Keanu Reeves joins ‘Hidari’: Hollywood star to voice lead in Japanese stop-motion samurai epic

  
  18 May 2026 11:49 AM IST
• Why is Anderson Cooper leaving ‘60 Minutes’? Host to exit after nearly two decades of frontline storytelling

  
  18 May 2026 07:48 AM IST
• Gas prices today May 17: Check daily average rates in California, Texas, Florida, New York, Washington and more

  
  17 May 2026 03:01 PM IST
• Canadian-made sniper rifles surface in Russia; Manufacturer cites ‘fraudulent diversion’

  
  17 May 2026 01:51 PM IST
• Who is Ronda Rousey’s husband? Meet former UFC heavyweight Travis Browne and their family

  
  17 May 2026 11:21 AM IST
• LIRR strike hits: Here are the easiest alternatives every traveller needs to know as the busiest commuter rail system shuts down indefinitely

  
  16 May 2026 12:55 PM IST
• Quote of the day by Sir David Attenborough: ‘We have come as far as we have because we are…’ – Natural historian’s take on why wisdom must guide humanity’s future

  
  16 May 2026 09:34 AM IST
• Iranian hackers reportedly breached US gas station tank readers across multiple states, raising alarms

  
  16 May 2026 09:04 AM IST
• Cost of America’s ‘Golden Dome’ dream jumps from $185 billion to $1.2 trillion with 7,800 satellites that might not work when needed

  
  14 May 2026 11:54 AM IST
• Quote of the day by Lee Iacocca: 'The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the...' – Timeless wisdom by the man who developed Ford Mustang

  
  14 May 2026 10:57 AM IST
• Alberta’s move to secure independence from Canada fails, judge halts referendum bid despite 300,000 signatures, cites failure to consult First Nations

  
  14 May 2026 09:45 AM IST
• Vice President Vance defers $1.3 billion in Medicaid funds to California, citing fraud concerns

  
  14 May 2026 08:36 AM IST
• What time does ‘The Boys’ Episode 7 come out? What to know about the penultimate episode and Season 5 finale on Prime Video

  
  13 May 2026 02:00 PM IST
• Austria intercepts two US military aircraft for entering neutral airspace without clearance

  
  13 May 2026 10:51 AM IST
• Jason Collins dies at 47: What we know about his husband Brunson Green and their married life

  
  13 May 2026 07:59 AM IST
• Newly discovered mysterious cell helps in birth, but dies soon after; suggests that cannabis signals may influence how the placenta first connects to the womb

  
  12 May 2026 12:26 PM IST
• Who is Yaoning ‘Mike’ Sun? China’s illegal agent serving as California political operative, aided Eileen Wang, sentenced to 4 years in federal prison

  
  12 May 2026 10:55 AM IST
• American Idol Season 24 winner has been announced and we all saw it coming: Did your favourite win?

  
  12 May 2026 09:44 AM IST
• Hayden Panettiere placed in bed beside a ‘very famous,’ ‘undressed’ man at 18, opens up about traumatic incident in new memoir

  
  12 May 2026 08:30 AM IST
• Gas prices today May 11: Check daily average rates in California, Texas, Florida, New York, Washington and more

  
  11 May 2026 01:49 PM IST
• Quote of the day by Pulitzer winning ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ author John Steinbeck: ‘It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would…’ – on loss and memory

  
  11 May 2026 01:26 PM IST
• Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Wesley Edens divorced his wife, had a fling with a Chinese lady, who allegedly blackmailed him demanding $1.2 billion

  
  11 May 2026 12:30 PM IST
• Just 18 years ago, a boy chasing his dog unearthed a lost human ancestor and rewrote the story of evolution; how one of the world’s most intriguing discoveries was made in 2008

  
  11 May 2026 10:33 AM IST
• Quote of the day by Nobel Prize winning author Toni Morrison: ‘If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet…’ – on the seed of originality

  
  11 May 2026 09:09 AM IST
• How to watch ‘90 Day Fiancé’ Season 12: Free platforms, what to expect, streaming and more

  
  11 May 2026 07:55 AM IST
• Gas prices today May 10: Check daily average rates in California, Texas, Florida, New York, Washington and more

  
  10 May 2026 03:11 PM IST