Ace Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan will finally get his delayed Malaysian "knighthood" on December 6 from Yang di-Pertua Negri Tun Mohd Khalil Yaakob. The actor will receive his Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka (DMSM) award at a ceremony at 10am at Dewan Seri Negri, Ayer Keroh.

Earlier, Khan was expected to arrive here on November 29 to receive the “Datukship” title. But due to the tight working schedule of the Indian actor, the state has decided to honor him next month.

Ace Bollywood beauty Kareena Kapoor has become a worldwide personality.

The long legged seductress who enticed Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone got noticed even by the UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Mr. Gordon invited Bebo as a special guest at his residence at Downing Street on November 18th.

Kareena was supposed to meet Gordon Brown himself and also be honoured with status of an international ambassador and join the Silver Star charity, which helps in spreading awareness about diabetes.

In order to promote safe sex drive, the UP State AIDS Control Society has decided to install nearly 250 condom vending machines in the city at key locations.

While giving this information at a press conference, SP Goyal, Project Director said, "It has been seen that despite all the awareness, people still hesitate in asking for condoms from the medical stores. The result is that they take the risk, which is not good. Condom vending machine would be a good zero-embarrassment option.”

Dunlop Chairman Pawan Kumar Ruia, asked for 12-year sales tax exemption from the government to save the industry from impact of the global slowdown. The company needs Rs 70 crore to resume operations and it has applied for bank loan which would be sectioned within 2-3 months. Ruia is also meeting the state Labour Minister Mrinal Banerjee for seeking tax exemptions to achieve long-term revival plans of the company.

Security and Exchange Board of India is closely watching the market conditions and would soon announce fresh steps for the stability of the stock market. It may restrict over-leveraged hedge funds to ensure smooth running of the stock market. SEBI chief, C B Bhave, who was speaking at the HT Leadership Summit expressed his views that Indian Stock markets will be among the first few to recover.

Poor, homeless and unprivileged people of Kerala have a reason to cheer. The state government has launched a Rs 50 billion project to provide homes for the scheduled castes (SC) and scheduled tribes (ST) category.

Houses would be provided by the end of May 2011 to thousands of poor families as per Kerala chief minister, V .S. Achuthanandan, who was addressing the representatives of 27 organizations, campaigning for the rights of the underprivileged.