Wellington  - New Zealand veterans of the 1944 Normandy landings, which were a turning point in World War II, vowed Sunday to keep going despite their international organization closing down because too many members have died.

Thirty representatives of veterans from Britain, France, Canada, the United States and New Zealand who took part in the assault on France's northern coast - which remains the largest amphibious military operation ever attempted - held a commemorative service Sunday in Wellington.

The international Normandy Veterans Association (NVA) has decided its membership is falling too fast to continue past the 65th anniversary of the landings in June, said David Christison, president of the New Zealand branch.

India's first unmanned moon mission, Chandrayaan-1 has been making headlines for past few days. And now, the spacecraft has flashed down two beautiful pictures of the Earth it took on 29th October. The Terrain Mapping Camera (TMC) installed on board the spacecraft clicked these pictures after it was switched on. The TMC took the first picture on 29th October at 8 a.m. from a height of 9,000 km, which displays the northern coast of Australia. The second picture shows the southern coast of Australia, which was taken at 12:30 p.m. from a height of 70,000 km.

London, Nov 2 : An hour''''s lie-in on Monday mornings can help cut the risk of having a heart attack, suggests a new study.

According to boffins, Mondays are a peak time for heart attacks due to the stress of the morning commute, the first workday of the week and fatigue from the weekend.

To reach the conclusion, the research team examined the number of heart attacks suffered in the week after the Spring and Autumn clock changes, compared to the same days of the week at other times.

After analysing, the research team found that the number of heart attacks increased in the days after the clocks went back in the Spring and decreased slightly on the Monday following the Autumn change when the clocks go forward by an hour.

Non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) can raise funds from overseas. They can borrow from foreign markets to meet their liabilities. It would help to refinance their short term business. The decision on NBFS is taken in the high level meeting of reserve bank on Friday.

The maximum borrowing limit would be either 50% of the firm's net owned funds or $10 million. The maximum duration for borrowing is fixed three years by the apex bank. It has asked all NBFCs to use foreign borrowings for short term liabilities instead of booking fresh assets. NBFCs are also required to fully swap borrowing into rupees for the entire maturity.

According to the latest Obama vs McCain Iowa Polls, Barack Obama is holding a big lead over John McCain in the Hawkeye State.

Iowa was won by Democrats in 2000, but the state favored Republicans in 2004. Let’s check out what the latest McCain vs Obama Iowa Polls show.

Research 2000/KCCI-TV’s Obama vs McCain Iowa Poll, conducted from October 27 to October 29, shows Obama leading McCain by 14 % points — 53 % to 39 % among the likely voters of Iowa.

SurveyUSA’s Obama vs McCain IA Poll, conducted from October 28 to October 29, shows Obama leading McCain by 15 % points — 55 % to 40 % among the likely voters of Iowa.

The net profit of Auto major Tata Motors declined 34 percent in the July-September period. Its net profit stands at Rs 346 crore which was Rs 526 crore last year. The company has to pay for high input cost, high interest rates and world financial crisis. The sale of auto major increased 7% to Rs 7029 crore in the same period. But its operating margin fell to 8.13% which was earlier 9.2%.