Corruption: transparency says the buck stops at politicians & MNCs 
Politicians, multinationals and kickbacks are trapping whole nations in poverty and hampering sustainable development, according to non-governmental organisation Transparency International. 
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Trouble ahead for Earth Summit 
Johannesburg: Not unexpectedly, countries continue to bicker over contentious paras on trade, finance and subsidies in the draft plan of implementation. Among other issues, this continues to agitate the civil society, who hope that delegates will be more forthcoming than before. 
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Monsoon shows signs of revival 
Mumbai: The monsoon has improved marginally. The deficiency in the cumulative average rainfall in the season over the country improved by 3 per cent by the week ended August 28. 
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Govt gets time till Dec 2 to sort out Tisco lease issue 
Ranchi: The division bench of the Jharkhand High Court at Ranchi Friday gave the state government time till December 2 to make up its mind on the issue of renewal of the lease taken out by the company. 
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Coming Soon: 1st live game show on ESPN- Star Sports 
Mumbai: ESPN -Star Sports will launch its first live and interactive television game show, even as Sonys Max channel will telecast live the cricket ICC Champions 
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