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Mumbai, Aug 5 : Super-busy Salman Khan has finally managed to squeeze in dates to shoot a guest appearance for Atul Agnihotri's upcoming movie "Oh Teri".

Salman will shoot for actor-producer Atul's film after he finishes the shooting for "Kick".

"Salman is very organised and planned. Now he will start shooting for 'Kick' and once he is back, he will shoot for my film," Atul, who is married to Salman's sister Alvira, told IANS.

Seoul, Aug 5 : South Korea's arms procurement agency plans to receive a final bid next week for a $7.4 billion deal to buy 60 fighter jets, the largest arms import contract in the nation's history, an official said Monday.

"The final bidding will be held between Aug 13 and 16, except for the Aug 15 Liberation Day holiday," an official at the Defense Acquisition Program Administration's spokesman office said.

Sydney, Aug 5 : Australian retail turnover was relatively unchanged in June, the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Retail Trade figures showed Monday.

The ABS said Australian retail turnover in June was $19.34 billion, almost unchanged compared with the figures in May, Xinhua reported.

Economists had expected a 0.4 percent rise in June.

Turnover rose in cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services, household goods retailing and food retailing, while sales of clothing, footwear and personal accessory reported a downfall.

New Delhi, Aug 5 : "Chennai Express" actors Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone added star value to designer Manish Malhotra's grand finale show at the Delhi Couture Week 2013 (DCW). The show reflected architecture of the 1930s, with resplendent embroidery on women's bridal wear.

Deepika 'towered' above all others in an exquisite deep blue lehenga, which was heavily embroidered in gold and silver thread. In a neat hairdo and an eye-catching neckpiece, the actress definitely made a statement on the ramp, flaunting her perfect midriff at the show Sunday night.

Seoul, Aug 5 : South Korea's foreign reserves hit a record high last month due to an increase in the conversion value of non-dollar assets and a continued rise in investment returns, central bank data showed Monday.

Foreign reserves gained $3.27 billion from a month earlier to $329.71 billion as of the end of July, topping the previous record high of $328.91 billion in January, according to the Bank of Korea (BOK), Xinhua reported.

Los Angeles, Aug 5 : Incence sticks could come with a health risk -- new research has shown that burning these generate indoor air pollutants, which may lead to inflammation in human lung cells.

A new study, carried out by researchers in the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the US, says burning incense releases pollutants, including carbon monoxide.

The report of the findings, titled "Hazard assessment of United Arab Emirates (UAE) incense smoke" appears in the August 2013 issue of Science of the Total Environment.