TH, as a Developing Country, would prioritise domestic tech champions (e.g., Samsung, BSNL etc.) over GCCs
Info Slide
GCCs are in-house offshore units that MNCs set up (eg BPOs in India etc) to handle high-value functions like R&D, engineering, analytics, finance; mainly for their own global operations, rather than outsourcing to third-party vendors
Open Grand Final
This House Prefers a world where teleportation exists
Info Slide
Teleportation allows people to instantly move to a different physical location. Everyone has the ability to teleport.
Open Semifinals
This House Prefers a world with more pan-European commercial banks (eg, BNP Paribas, UniCredit etc) rather than national banks
Open Pre-Semifinals
This House, as Farage, regrets distancing reform UK from Tommy Robinson
Info Slide
Tommy Robinson is a prominent figure in the far right movement in the UK. Nigel Farage, the leader of reform UK, has publically distanced reform UK from Robinson, announcing he will never be a member.
Round 5
This House Believes That the OpenAI IPO would do more harm than good
Round 4
This House Believes That India should adopt the NCAA model for collegiate sports
Info Slide
The NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) governs sport across US universities, with athletic departments acting as sports franchises. Athletes compete on scholarships and,can earn through personal endorsements. India's AIU (Association of Indian Universities) organises inter-university competition and the system is not as commercialised. Elite Indian athletes develop through SAI (Sports Authority of India) academies and state associations as opposed to university pathways.
Round 3
This House Would ban AI systems from expressing opinions on political questions
Round 2
TH, as the Cockroach Janta Party, would abandon satire and register as a formal political party
Round 1
THBT schools should adopt the university model of teaching instead of the high school model of teaching
Info Slide
In the university model of teaching, students are expected to complete readings and learn concepts before class, where the consepts are revised with questions. In the high school model of teaching, students are taught content in class that they can revise in their own time