Aurobindo Pharma Ltd has received US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) approval to manufacture and market generic versions of epilepsy drug levetiracetam in variable strengths.

Aurobindo will manufacture and market the tablet in dosages of 250 milligram, 500 mg, 750 mg and 1,000 mg and an oral solution in 100 mg per millilitre dose.

Levetiracetam is an anticonvulsant drug used for the treatment of epilepsy. It is S- enantiomer of etiracetam, structurally similar to the prototypical nootropic drug piracetam.

Washington, Jan 16 : Former Spice Girl Emma Bunton has decided to make a career in Hollywood, and has even started taking acting lessons.

Baby Spice has revealed that she has decided to quit music, and concentrate on becoming a full-time thespian.

"I really, really want to do more acting. It obviously takes more time because of having coaching and having acting lessons, but that''s the next thing I want to do," Contactmusic quoted her as saying.

Lahore, Jan. 16 : Unperturbed by the recent threats from the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and Shiv Sena, famous Pakistani stand-up comedian Shakeel Siddiqui has said that he will return to India soon.

Talking to media after returning from India Siddiqui said that he is planning to revisit India as soon as possible.

Siddiqui was roughed-up by the MNS and Shiv Sena workers, and was forced out of a television studio in Mumbai recently. The agitating party workers had asked him to leave the country immediately.

"I am not scared of them. I will return and go to every part of the world to promote Pakistan," The Daily Times quoted Siddiqui, as saying.

London, Jan 16 : Take That has been voted the `Coolest Band in History' in a new poll.

The group, which re-formed in 2006, topped the survey of 3,000 teens.

New Delhi, Jan 16 : Commerce Minister Kamal Nath will chair the Partnership Summit 2009 and deliver a special address on "Building Partnerships in a Post-Crisis World" here on January 19.

The inaugural plenary will also be addressed by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit; Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific gateway, Canada; and Peter Mandelson, Secretary of State for Business, Enterprises and Regulatory Reform, UK.

London, Jan. 16 : Former England football star Paul Gascoigne is to make a shock return to football, in an effort to beat his demons.

His best pal, Jimmy "Five Bellies'' Gardner, told the Daily Mail that there are "stacks of job offers'' waiting for the England legend once he beats his demons.

Some of the biggest names in the game are desperate to tap into his knowledge and he has been blitzed with offers from Britain and overseas to coach and scout for talent.

He could even become an ambassador for clubs he once played for where he's still worshipped, like Newcastle and Glasgow Rangers, claimed Gardner.

Gazza, 41, could also write a follow-up to his best-selling autobiography.