Sumit Jha

Sumit Jha is currently a multimedia journalist with NewsMeter. An alumnus of the University of Hyderabad and Amity University. He is specialised in Video Production. He was also a contributor at PARI network. Hailing from rural Bihar has spent his childhood shifting from places and people. Growing up he felt the need to document the lives and dreams of rural India. A lover of visual storytelling goes around the cities to search for Stories. He primarily reports on civic, consumer, health, human interest and data stories. You can follow Sumit on Twitter @sumitjha__

Sumit Jha

Lokesh challenges Jagan to order CBI probe into Pesaravai double murders
Lokesh challenges Jagan to order CBI probe into Pesaravai double murders

Lokesh visited Pesaravai on Friday and paid his last respects to the mortal remains of the slain brothers and TDP leaders Voddu Nageswara Reddy and...

By Sumit Jha  Published on 18 Jun 2021 11:15 AM GMT


SBI Banjara Hills Branch asked to pay customer Rs. 5L for misplacing property documents
SBI Banjara Hills Branch asked to pay customer Rs. 5L for misplacing property documents

The Hyderabad Consumer Dispute Forum directed the State Bank of India to pay Rs. 5 lakh to a customer after it misplaced her documents that were...

By Sumit Jha  Published on 13 Jun 2021 2:06 PM GMT


Admin of Insta page revanth_sainyam_telangana booked over morphed KCR photo
Admin of Insta page 'revanth_sainyam_telangana' booked over morphed KCR photo

KCRā€™s face was morphed into the image of a poor farmer holding a patta passbook. The Telangana Rashtra Samithi IT cell handler Achyut had filed a...

By Sumit Jha  Published on 13 Jun 2021 11:52 AM GMT


Few elected representatives to lowest wages: Telangana fares poorly on NITI Aayogs Gender Equality Index
Few elected representatives to lowest wages: Telangana fares poorly on NITI Aayog's Gender Equality Index

Telangana ranks 23rd in sustainable development goals (SDG) of Gender Equality among the 28 states.

By Sumit Jha  Published on 10 Jun 2021 9:37 AM GMT


`The smile wins: Meet Hyderabad content creators who use Instagram to help jobless people
`The smile wins': Meet Hyderabad content creators who use Instagram to help jobless people

Welcome to the world of ā€˜DPVEUā€™, a meme page run by two Hyderabad movie content creators on Instagram and Twitter.

By Sumit Jha  Published on 8 Jun 2021 7:29 AM GMT


Fallout of COVID 19: Cancer management severely hit, patient flow drop by 54%
Fallout of COVID 19: Cancer management severely hit, patient flow drop by 54%

As per the researchers, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a considerable impact on the delivery of oncology services in India.

By Sumit Jha  Published on 7 Jun 2021 2:34 PM GMT


Several COVID medicines delisted:  Here is new list of treatment guidelines
Several COVID medicines delisted: Here is new list of treatment guidelines

Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has dropped a number of drugs from the list of medicines used to treat asymptomatic and mild COVID...

By Sumit Jha  Published on 7 Jun 2021 10:05 AM GMT


`Theater of absurd: Hyd-based CSIR- IICT scientists who developed synthetic route for COVID vaccines charged for jabs
`Theater of absurd': Hyd-based CSIR- IICT scientists who developed synthetic route for COVID vaccines charged for jabs

Students and staff of CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) are being asked to shell out Rs 1400 for Covaxin dose and Rs 1000 Covishield...

By Sumit Jha  Published on 7 Jun 2021 4:35 AM GMT


`We Are With You: This Hyderabad techie quit job to feed needy attendants
`We Are With You': This Hyderabad techie quit job to feed needy attendants

The NGO decided to support the attendants who tend to patients but go hungry for days.

By Sumit Jha  Published on 4 Jun 2021 7:32 AM GMT


7,679 complaints of crimes against women received during lockdown on Dial 100
7,679 complaints of crimes against women received during lockdown on Dial 100

Around 4,395 calls in the state were about domestic violence. The police also received 2,752 calls regarding assault on women in the state.

By Sumit Jha  Published on 30 May 2021 2:17 AM GMT


Street Bytes, Sri Inti Bhojanam join hands to feed delivery boys
Street Bytes, Sri Inti Bhojanam join hands to feed delivery boys

Sensing their pain and work pressure, Street Bytes, a social media channel and Sri Inti Bhojanam, a home kitchen, have launched a drive to feed...

By Sumit Jha  Published on 26 May 2021 10:51 AM GMT


How Chittoor man saved 8 lives in Bengaluru in the middle of the night
How Chittoor man saved 8 lives in Bengaluru in the middle of the night

Varun Kumar, who hails from Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh and works as a pharma business head in Bengaluru, got an SOS on Twitter from a hospital at...

By Sumit Jha  Published on 24 May 2021 3:47 AM GMT


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