Thomson

Thomson launches first 40-inch 4K smart TV in India, priced at Rs 20,999

The smart TV will be available for purchase starting 16 March at 12.00 am.

Europe’s best, now India’s Favourite: Thomson launches a set of Smart TVs #OnlyOnFlipkart

Concept smartphone features 3D holograms, face tracking, self-healing and other futuristic features

A French designer duo has unveiled a new concept for the future smartphone which is made around holograms, voice control and face-tracking technology with translucent gelatinous features, media reported.

Nepal quake survivors struggle with debt, raising trafficking fears | Reuters

KATHMANDU (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Hundreds of Nepalis who had borrowed money to rebuild their lives after two earthquakes left them homeless are at risk of being trafficked or duped into selling their kidneys to pay off their debts, an international development organisation said. Nepal received $4.1 billion in pledges from donors for reconstruction after quakes last April and May killed 9,000 people, injured at least 22,000 and damaged or destroyed more than 900,000 houses in the Himalayan nation. More than a year on, reconstruction has been slow with unrest over a new constitution adding to the delays

Indian farmers deep in debt, seek subsidies, help with insurance | Reuters

MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Indian government action to increase spending on irrigation and crop insurance is not enough to end a cycle of indebtedness that has led to thousands of farmer suicides, and a complete overhaul of credit and subsidies to farmers is needed, activists said.

E-boost for Make in India: Global electronic companies line up Rs 90,000 cr for India plants

According to CyberMedia Research, 24.8% of smartphones sold in the country during the April-June quarter were made locally

Kenya: British tourists evacuated after wave of terror attacks

Around 400 British tourists are being evacuated from the Kenyan resort of Mombasa after Britain stepped up travel warnings following a wave of terror attacks