Amritha Mohan

Amritha Mohan is a reporter at the NewsMeter. Shortly after completing her Master's in Communication at the University of Hyderabad, she began teaching courses on media and culture as a guest lecturer at the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong. Amritha has previously interned with news organisations such as Greater Kashmir and Newslaundry. A lover of travel and photography, she spends most of her time planning road trips to the North-East. Nothing makes her happier than a green turf and a team to play football with. She primarily reports on education, tech, human-interesting and critical features.

    Amritha Mohan

    Online class: Students at EFLU, Narayana School threatened with attendance
    Online class: Students at EFLU, Narayana School threatened with attendance

    Hyderabad: The digital divide exists, and the COVID-19 lockdown has taught this to students. Even as students who study in premier educational...

    By Amritha Mohan  Published on 6 April 2020 10:56 AM GMT


    Prajwala girls help Telangana govt in fight against COVID-19
    Prajwala girls help Telangana govt in fight against COVID-19

    Hyderabad: It was an eventful one week for the sex trafficking survivors at Prajwala, an NGO based in Hyderabad. Even as the world is reeling around...

    By Amritha Mohan  Published on 5 April 2020 5:21 AM GMT


    Fact Check: No, collective consciousness on ACE-2 receptors wont kill Coronavirus
    Fact Check: No, 'collective consciousness' on ACE-2 receptors won't kill Coronavirus

    Hyderabad: In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, prime minister Narendra Modi had once again called for citizens of India to unite and 'come together...

    By Amritha Mohan  Published on 5 April 2020 3:38 AM GMT


    Security researchers  question Govt’s Arogya Setu app designed to track COVID-19 patients
    Security researchers question Govt’s Arogya Setu app designed to track COVID-19 patients

    Hyderabad: Even as the government of India launched the ‘ArogyaSetu’ app, a mobile application intended for basic COVID-19 contact tracing, techies...

    By Amritha Mohan  Published on 4 April 2020 8:33 AM GMT


    Migrant worker dies walking 500 KM, Telangana open borders for funeral
    Migrant worker dies walking 500 KM, Telangana open borders for funeral

    Hyderabad: A 22-year-old migrant labourer from Tamil Nadu, Logesh, did not know that the long walk home from Nagpur would turn out to be his last walk...

    By Amritha Mohan  Published on 2 April 2020 4:29 PM GMT


    Lockdown: People left in lurch after Telangana government cancels ration cards in Hyderabad
    Lockdown: People left in lurch after Telangana government cancels ration cards in Hyderabad

    Hyderabad: The Telangana Food and Civil Supplies Department has rejected around 85 percent of ration cards in Hyderabad.Data provided by the Telangana...

    By Amritha Mohan  Published on 2 April 2020 9:00 AM GMT


    Coronavirus Live Updates: 38 COVID-19 cases under GHMC limits
    Coronavirus Live Updates: 38 COVID-19 cases under GHMC limits

    Hyderabad: Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has specified that only 38 COVID-19 positive cases have been reported within its limits.In a...

    By Amritha Mohan  Published on 31 March 2020 9:44 AM GMT


    Here is how AP government is using tools to track corona-suspects
    Here is how AP government is using tools to track corona-suspects

    Hyderabad: Technology has come handy for the Andhra Pradesh government to track the people under quarantine.The government has collaborated with the...

    By Amritha Mohan  Published on 31 March 2020 4:34 AM GMT


    Fact Check: Can inhaling steam kill coronavirus?
    Fact Check: Can inhaling steam kill coronavirus?

    Even as the coronavirus pandemic is spreading across the world, killing more than 30,000 people worldwide, several remedies to cure the disease are...

    By Amritha Mohan  Published on 29 March 2020 2:06 PM GMT


    Four of Andhra’s new COVID-19 cases travelled by train, bus; see how they travelled
    Four of Andhra’s new COVID-19 cases travelled by train, bus; see how they travelled

    Hyderabad: Out of the six new COVID-19 cases which were detected in Andhra Pradesh on March 28, four of them had a travel history to different parts...

    By Amritha Mohan  Published on 29 March 2020 7:29 AM GMT


    UoH faculty researches on potential vaccine against novel coronavirus
    UoH faculty researches on potential vaccine against novel coronavirus

    Hyderabad: A faculty from the Department of Bio-Chemistry in University of Hyderabad has come up with potential vaccine candidates against the novel...

    By Amritha Mohan  Published on 27 March 2020 12:00 PM GMT


    Fact Check: Is the image of burnt hand after applying sanitiser true?
    Fact Check: Is the image of burnt hand after applying sanitiser true?

    Hyderabad: The COVID-19 pandemic has left the space open for speculations, with misinformation gaining free rein across social media platforms. Hand...

    By Amritha Mohan  Published on 27 March 2020 10:41 AM GMT


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