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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.

Bangalore, Aug 5 : The International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS) proposes to set up a working group to study the impact of dust and black carbon from forest fires on the accelerated melting of snow and glaciers on the Himalayas. The decision was taken at a recent meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

The services sector of China's cooling down economy showed some resilience in July, according to a survey carried out by HSBC/Markit.

As China's economy is expected to grow at its weakest pace since the year 1990, the HSBC/Markit Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for the country's services sector stood at 51.3 in July.

Barcelona, Aug 5 - Yuliya Efimova ended her personal battle with Lithuania's Ruta Meiliutyte when she took the gold medal in the women's 50 metres breaststroke in the world championships held here.

Efimova, who won gold in the 100m breaststroke earlier in the week, had broken the 50m world record in Saturday's heats, only for Meiliutyte to set a new world best of 29.48 in the semifinals in the afternoon, reports Xinhua.