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__
Unique Wheels, ICICI Bank recompense Rs 1.7L to Musheerabad residents : Order
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Consumer Dispute Forum directed Unique Wheels at Shivrampally and ICICI Bank, Financial District branch, to pay Rs 1,70,000...
By Sumit Jha Published on 4 Aug 2020 12:52 PM GMT
AP second in India with 76,377 Covid active cases, Maha tops
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh has the second-highest number of Covid-19 active cases in the country with the total tally at 76,377, according to the...
By Sumit Jha Published on 4 Aug 2020 9:32 AM GMT
Century Hospital booked after jewellery of deceased COVID victim goes missing
Hyderabad: Banjara Hills police have booked the management of Century Hospital after gold jewellery of a 73 old patient, who died of COVID 19, was...
By Sumit Jha Published on 4 Aug 2020 3:40 AM GMT
Fact check: Hindu deities inscribed on East India Company coins are FALSE
Hyderabad: Twitter user Pramod Kumar Singh posted a photograph of old copper coins on Sunday. "Coins in circulation during 1818. Lotus and Ram...
By Sumit Jha Published on 3 Aug 2020 6:01 AM GMT
Hyderabad: Origins asked to pay Rs 55K to customer for damaged sherwani
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad consumer disputes redressal forum has directed Origins, a clothing store in the city, to pay Rs. 55,000 to a customer as...
By Sumit Jha Published on 2 Aug 2020 1:19 PM GMT
HIV positive COVID patient at Gandhi Hospital alleges ill-treated
Hyderabad: As COVID-19 adds to the woes of the transgender community everywhere, Hyderabad's Rashmi (name changed) undergoes ill-treatment at a local...
By Sumit Jha Published on 2 Aug 2020 6:44 AM GMT
Slaughterhouses, goat markets flout social distancing rules on Eid al-Adha
Hyderabad: Eid al-Adha, also known as Bakri Eid, was celebrated in the city with precautions and restrictions in place in view of the COVID-19...
By Sumit Jha Published on 1 Aug 2020 2:02 PM GMT
NGOs in Hyderabad offering free ambulance service, their contacts
Hyderabad: The rising number of COVID-19 cases has put a strain on the state's healthcare infrastructure, including testing facilities, hospital beds,...
By Sumit Jha Published on 1 Aug 2020 5:15 AM GMT
No smartphones, no computers: Visually challenged students struggle to access online classes in Telangana
Hyderabad: Visually challenged Class 10 student Naman Parakh misses the classroom and his teachers. Ever since the COVID lockdown, Nayan had been...
By Sumit Jha Published on 31 July 2020 5:42 AM GMT
COVID-19 impact: Pandemic hits livelihoods of 61% of India's elderly people
Hyderabad: The lockdown has hit the livelihood and income of 65 per cent of the country's elderly people, according to a survey conducted by HelpAge...
By Sumit Jha Published on 30 July 2020 4:00 PM GMT
Fact Check: Twitter posts saying Geelani was conferred the highest civilian award of Pakistan are MISLEADING
Hyderabad: Last month, Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani resigned as the de-facto chief of Hurriyat Conference. On July 28, a news...
By Sumit Jha Published on 30 July 2020 5:45 AM GMT
Hype, hope as vaccine trials begin at NIMS Hyderabad, AIIMS Delhi
Hyderabad: Many people are celebrating the journey of the vaccine after photographs of the trial dose being administered to the patients at NIMS...
By Sumit Jha Published on 29 July 2020 6:13 AM GMT
