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NUJS PD 2024

What it took to break at this edition, what was set and who set it.

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2024

From 1 tab, newest NUJS PD 2024.

How many points did it take?

4points were safe
in 2024

The last team in averaged 77.3 speaks in 2024.

Every year

What will they set?

Out of 28 past motions with a topic, from 1 edition.

Practise Social & Identity motionsLesson: Generating arguments

How many teams, and how many break?

16of 75 teams made the open break
in 2024

Past motions

1 edition with motions on record, newest first.

NUJS PD 202428 motions
  1. Round 1THBT sharing culture has done more harm than goodPractise this motion
  2. Round 1TH, as a Bollywood actor heading towards retirement, would prefer the SRK route as opposed to the Amir Khan routePractise this motion
  3. Round 1THR the rise in popularity of thriftingPractise this motion
  4. Round 2THR horse race reportingPractise this motion
  5. Round 2THO the transition of media coverage of sports to social media (e.g. athletes promoting themselves on social media, sports associations streaming games for free online) at the expense of traditional sports journalism (e.g. televising of games on TV, journalists providing long-form features on athletes)Practise this motion
  6. Round 2THBT it is in the interests of media outlets in nascent democracies to give the state a right of replyPractise this motion
  7. Round 3THP a world where co-parenting is primarily conducted by consenting partners who have no romantic or sexual relationship (e.g., friends)Practise this motion
  8. Round 3TH, as a queer parent, would raise their children without gender rolesPractise this motion
  9. Round 3THP a world where children are raised under the collective parenting model as opposed to the nuclear family unitPractise this motion
  10. Round 4THR the glorification of 'benevolent' strong-man leaders in Asia (e.g., Lee Kuan Yiew of Singapore, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk of Turkey etc.)Practise this motion
  11. Round 4THBT states in ongoing civil conflicts should offer amnesty to defectors of insurgent groups in exchange for them agreeing to serve in the militaryPractise this motion
  12. Round 4THBT the Indian National Congress should prioritise running ordinary working class citizens over career politicians in national electionsPractise this motion
  13. Round 5THR the portrayal of mythological women as feminist icons (Lilith, Medusa etc.)Practise this motion
  14. Round 5THO the rise of the "unbecoming woman" tropePractise this motion
  15. Round 5THBT feminist organisations in the West should have a global agenda, as opposed to a local onePractise this motion
  16. Open OctofinalsIn cases where the deliberate economic policies by another state have caused significant economic harm, THBT international law should recognise the legitimacy of military retaliationPractise this motion
  17. Open OctofinalsTHR the increasing reliance of groups fighting for social causes on litigation finance firmsPractise this motion
  18. Open OctofinalsTHW make victims' forgiveness a significant mitigating factor in criminal sentencingPractise this motion
  19. Open QuarterfinalsTHBT Western multinational corporations operating in South Asia should adhere to the environmental and labour standards of their home countryPractise this motion
  20. Open QuarterfinalsTHBT resource-backed loans to developing nations do more harm than goodPractise this motion
  21. Open QuarterfinalsTHBT developing countries should acquire large stakes in major publicly-traded global corporations on the open market (e.g., Google, J.P. Morgan, Shell, and Pfizer).Practise this motion
  22. Novice FinalsTHO the rise of social impact marketingPractise this motion
  23. Novice FinalsTHW significantly re-allocate funding from police systems to community-based intervention programmes (i.e. identifying young men susceptible to gun violence and providing them with cognitive-behavioural therapy, hands-off strategies involving initiatives like changing the recipients of 911 calls or engaging local community members to intervene in conflicts before they escalate into violence.)Practise this motion
  24. Novice FinalsTHR the decline of class as the primary organising political identity in Western liberal democraciesPractise this motion
  25. Open SemifinalsTHBT the environmentally conscious large investors should sell their stakes in environmentally damaging companies rather than engage in shareholder activismPractise this motion
  26. Open SemifinalsTHBT environmental movements should heavily prioritise geopoliticised narratives to advocate for greener technologies and policiesPractise this motion
  27. Open SemifinalsTHW grant patents and intellectual property rights only on technological goods and processes which reach a reasonable sustainability standardPractise this motion
  28. Open Grand FinalsTHW only recruit atheists to be part of the group, and would not allow any religious books or items of worship on boardPractise this motion

The break, year by year

The points that were safe, the last team in and how many broke, at each edition with results.

Every break in 2024

  • Open break16 teams
  • Novice break8 teams

How speakers score here

Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.

average speaker score, 1 edition
74.9
where most speakers land
73.1 to 76.7

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker78.5
  • 10th speaker77.4
  • 20th speaker76.8

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.