Fujifilm has got another reason to be back in the news.

Fujifilm has announced new FinePix F200EXR camera, which covers up a variety of features including high-speed burst shooting as found in prior higher-end models from Fujifilm.

FinePix F200EXR, the new high-end digital point-and-shoot camera, has a 12-megapixel Super CCD EXR sensor and a 5x optical zoom that can handle wide-angle shots.

According to company, the Super CCD EXR sensor helps increase the quality of a picture. The new cameras from Fujifilm had got three modes:

Scientists have identified more than 12 new species of frogs inhabiting in the forests of Western Ghats, in a discovery that underscores our ignorance of the natural world's diversity.

A team of biologists led by Delhi University professor S D Biju and Franky Bossuyt of the Amphibian Evolution Lab in Brussels describes up to 12 new frog species they found in a survey of Western Ghats forests published in the latest issue of the Zoological Journal of Linnean Society, London.

The government of Puducherry appreciated the parents who got their children immunized for the second phase of polio immunization across the Union Territory on Sunday.

Speaking on this, Dr Dilip Kumar Baliga, Director of Health and Family Welfare Services said that for the purpose of immunization programme, the officials including paramedics, supervisors and Aanganwari workers were deployed in various centres. He said that all efforts to ensure that the immunisation drive was conducted smoothly.

VeriSign, Inc, the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure for the networked world, has announced that the WiMAX Forum® has chosen VeriSign’s Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) to defend the rapidly increasing wireless broadband ecosystem.

After a wide-ranging selection procedure, VeriSign has been chosen to offer security solutions based on PKI for WiMAX™ networks that combine the speed of broadband with the ease of wireless to deliver the ‘last mile’ of connectivity on quick, metropolitan area networks.

In a shocking development, eminent proponent of Yakshagana, Keremane Shamhu Hegde passed away on Tuesday following a cardiac arrest. Hegde was 71. He is survived by his wife, son and daughter.

Hegde was also the President of the Janapada Academy, a member of the Central Sangeet Natak academy and a member of the governing body of the South Zone Cultural Centre. Apart from winning various awards, Hegde was also the recipient of the prestigious Rajyotsava award. He also received Sangeet Nataka Academy award and the Karnataka State award.

Indian equities, which ended positively on Tuesday (Feb 03), belled today’s session on a higher note tracking global market trends and on expectations of an US economic stimulus plan.

The 30-share index, BSE Sensex opened after gaining 76.90 points, at 9,226.20.

Heavy buying interest has emerged in the majority of segments with metal, banking and capital goods leading the gains.