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__
Hyd-based Hetero Biopharma to produce 100 million doses of Sputnik V vaccine
The city-based pharma firm, Hetero Biopharma, in association with the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) will produce over 100 million doses per...
By Sumit Jha Published on 27 Nov 2020 10:19 AM GMT
Hyderabad police lodge FIR after AIMIM cadres threaten independent candidate Lubna Sarwath
She was doing a door to door campaign and distributing pamphlets on Wednesday evening when she was allegedly threatened by the AIMIM workers.
By Sumit Jha Published on 27 Nov 2020 6:59 AM GMT
GHMC polls: BJP goes Kejriwal way, promises free drinking water, free Metro commute for women
BJP announced free drinking water and tap connections for all households. Earlier, Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao had also announced 20,000...
By Sumit Jha Published on 26 Nov 2020 9:16 AM GMT
Only 87 % of funds released for the welfare of backward classes in five years: RTI reply
It has been revealed that of the Rs 11,798.94 crore allocated for 13 different programmes and schemes between 2014 and 2019, the government has...
By Sumit Jha Published on 24 Nov 2020 8:05 AM GMT
Vote for Asaduddin Owaisi is vote for Jinnah: Tejasvi Surya
Tejasvi Surya, on Monday, said that Asaduddin Owaisi is the new 'avatar' of Mohammed Ali Jinnah.
By Sumit Jha Published on 23 Nov 2020 10:28 AM GMT
GHMC allotted Rs. 210cr between 2014-18 for nalas in south zone: RTI
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) sanctioned Rs. 210.24 crore for the construction and remodelling of nalas in the south zone between...
By Sumit Jha Published on 22 Nov 2020 1:47 PM GMT
BJP contesting GHMC elections to help TRS win: Revanth
After the BJP released what it called a 'charge-sheet' against the TRS government, listing the failures of the GHMC, the Congress working president...
By Sumit Jha Published on 22 Nov 2020 12:18 PM GMT
No communal tension in Ahmedabad: Prakash Javdekar takes a dig at KTR
Hyderabad: Launching a scathing attack against TRS party president and minister K.T Rama Rao's comments that Hyderabad is not Ahmedabad, Union...
By Sumit Jha Published on 22 Nov 2020 9:45 AM GMT
GHMC elections: Nallagandla residents wait for road repairs, parks promised by GHMC
Even as the GHMC elections are scheduled to take place in December, residents of Nallagandla are waiting for the Nallagandla-Tellapur road to be...
By Sumit Jha Published on 21 Nov 2020 12:26 PM GMT
How Rachakonda police's SHE team reunited 13 YO boy with his family
On November 19, thirteen-year-old Varun along with his friend left home at 3 am on a scooter for Mahatama Gandhi Bus Station in the city. He parked...
By Sumit Jha Published on 21 Nov 2020 6:58 AM GMT
Relief for Hyderabad filmmaker as SC refuses to lift stay on Amitabh Bachchan starrer 'Jhund'
On November 18, the Supreme Court refused to lift the stay on the release of Amitabh Bachchan starrer `Jhund'.
By Sumit Jha Published on 20 Nov 2020 10:36 AM GMT
GHMC spent Rs 2.23 crore fixing roads in Kukatpally, Serilingampally but ignored Jubilee Hills
Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has spent Rs 2.23 crore for filling potholes in Kukatpally and Serilingampally...
By Sumit Jha Published on 19 Nov 2020 3:16 PM GMT
