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Some of the major food producers in the UK have agreet to cut calories in their products as part of an initiative to fight obesity in the country.

A total of seventeen companies have joined the Responsibility Deal, which a part of the government's initiate to combat obesity in Britain. Coca-Cola Great Britain has said that it will reduce calories by 30% in some of its soft drinks by the year 2014.

Government's medicines watchdog has warned that a painkiller batch available over the counter in medicine stores contain higher strength tablets, which should only be available after prescription from doctors.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has said that it has found higher strength co-codamol 30mg/500mg product in most of the packs in a 40,000-strong batch of co-codamol 8mg/500mg tablets.

US congress has asked several app developers to clarify what information they collect from users and how they use the information.

The move comes after a privacy scare related to the Path social networking app. Reps. Henry A. Waxman of D-California and G. K. Butterfield of D-North Carolina have written letters to 34 app developers seeking information on their user data policy.

Social networking giant, Facebook has said that employers should not seek Facebook login credentials from its employees or potential candidates.

The company has warned that it will sue companies that seek login password from its employees or from people applying for a job.

The state government in Tamil Nadu gave its approval for the Kudankulam nuclear power project on the basis of observations from expert groups.

Experts from both the state as well as the central government had studied various aspects of the proposed 2,000-Mw plant and sad that they were satisfied with the safety arrangements at the site.