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__
Believe it or not, India has only one allopathic doctor per 1,343 people
Hyderabad: Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Ashwini Kumar Choubey told parliament that India has only one allopathic doctor for...
By Sumit Jha Published on 19 Sep 2020 6:58 AM GMT
Greta Thunbergs of Hyderabad to launch shoe strike for climate justice on 25 Sept.
Hyderabad: Fridays for Future Hyderabad, an initiative of youth climate activists of Hyderabad inspired by Greta Thunberg's 'School Strike for...
By Sumit Jha Published on 18 Sep 2020 2:40 PM GMT
10 docs in Telangana, 42 in Andhra died of COVID-19: IMA
Hyderabad: After the Centre said that it has no data regarding the deaths of doctors due to the novel coronavirus in the country, a list released by...
By Sumit Jha Published on 18 Sep 2020 11:47 AM GMT
Six HCs, including TS, do not have a single female judge
Hyderabad: Six High Courts in the country, including Telangana, donāt have a single female Judge, Union Minister of Law and Justice Ravi Shankar...
By Sumit Jha Published on 17 Sep 2020 10:53 AM GMT
Two years on, no action against Genpactās alleged labour law violation
Hyderabad: Two years on, the Telangana labor department has yet to submit an action taken report on the complaint against Genpact.In November 2018,...
By Sumit Jha Published on 16 Sep 2020 7:35 AM GMT
49 Indians stranded in Saudi Arabia without salary for 1 year, SOS sent to Indian embassy
Hyderabad: Around 49 Indian workers are stranded in Saudi Arabia after their company refused to pay their salaries.For the last two years, the...
By Sumit Jha Published on 16 Sep 2020 5:11 AM GMT
Hyderabad: Fullerton India asked to pay Rs. 1.10L compensation for deficiency in service
Hyderabad: Hyderabad Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed Fullerton India Home Finance to pay a compensation of Rs. 1.10 lakh to a customer...
By Sumit Jha Published on 14 Sep 2020 6:58 AM GMT
COVID victim's kin allege KIMS Hospital withheld test reports, hospital disagrees
Hyderabad: The family of a COVID-19 victim has alleged that KIMS Hospital withheld the COVID-19 test results of a patient who had earlier tested...
By Sumit Jha Published on 13 Sep 2020 12:59 PM GMT
Telangana students win national prize for making bio-degradable pots
Hyderabad: Students of the Zilla Parishad High School (ZPHS) in Chintalakunta in Telanganaās Jogulamba district won third prize at the CSIR Innovation...
By Sumit Jha Published on 12 Sep 2020 1:24 PM GMT
Did HRD minister consult educationists before scrapping secularism, religion, caste in CBSE Syllabus: RTI says no
Hyderabad: To ease the burden on the students in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), on 7 July, had...
By Sumit Jha Published on 11 Sep 2020 3:58 PM GMT
118 criminal cases against Telangana MLAs, MPs pending before special court
Hyderabad: Around 107 sitting and former legislators in Telangana have criminal cases pending against them, they include crime against women,...
By Sumit Jha Published on 10 Sep 2020 8:24 AM GMT
Hyderabad's Sancta Maria School refunds fees after parents file petition in HC
Hyderabad: Sancta Maria International School, on 9 September, refunded the school fees for the entire year to a parent after a writ petition was filed...
By Sumit Jha Published on 9 Sep 2020 1:12 PM GMT
