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Indian healthcare providers to spend US$1.2 billion on IT

  New Delhi / Tribune News Service Healthcare providers in India are expected to spend $1.2 billion on information technology (IT) products and services in 2016, an increase of 3.4% over 2015, according to research firm Gartner, Inc. The spending includes expenses on internal services, software, IT services, data centre, devices and telecom services, the research firm said. “IT services, ...

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Reef bleaching ‘could cost $1bn in lost tourism’

  Sydney / AFP Severe coral bleaching on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef could cost it more than a million visitors a year and huge sums in lost tourism revenue, a survey said on Tuesday. The World Heritage-listed reef which teems with marine life experienced an unprecedented bleaching earlier this year that saw much of it whiten and almost a quarter ...

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India bars foreign carriers full control of local airlines

New Delhi / Bloomberg India retained restrictions that prevent overseas airlines from raising stakes in local carriers even as it unveiled new rules to attract foreign investors into the world’s fastest growing major aviation market. The government will allow foreign entities such as funds and portfolio investors to fully own local airlines, removing an earlier cap of 49 percent, it ...

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