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NEW DELHI: India has excluded Pakistan from the list of Saarc member countries with which it will be connecting its state-of-theart National Knowledge Network (NKN) for sharing scientific databases and remote access to advanced research facilities.

The government has kicked off the process of appointing a telecom company that will connect and extend the NKN to research and education networks in six South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation member states - Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Pakistan is the only Saarc nation that has been left out of this initiative.

India has for long suspended official talks with Pakistan due to continuing terrorist attacks launched by groups from across the border and chill in the relations is now evident in sphere of research cooperation too.

NKN is a multi-gigabit pan-India network which facilitates the development of India's communications infrastructure, stimulates research and creates next generation applications and services. It enables collaboration among researchers from different educational networks such as TEIN4, GARUDA, CERN and Internet2. It also enables sharing of scientific databases and remote access to advanced research facilities.

India has now decided to extend the NKN to the global research and education networks in Saarc nations.

NKN will be connected from Afghanistan to Delhi or Mumbai, from Bangladesh to Kolkata or Delhi, from Bhutan to Kolkata or Delhi, from Nepal to Kolkata or Delhi, from Maldives to Chennai or Mumbai and from Sri Lanka to Chennai or Mumbai. A state-of-the-art management centre and Network Operations Centre will also be set up to run the NKN network. The connection from Afghanistan, Maldives and Sri Lanka to India would be through a submarine cable for international connectivity.

With its multi-gigabit capability, NKN aims to connect all universities, research institutions, libraries, laboratories, healthcare and agricultural institutions across the country to address such paradigm shift. The leading mission oriented agencies in the fields of nuclear, space and defence research are also part of NKN. To strengthen research facility in various critical and emerging areas for NKN community, the network has established its international points of presence or PoP in Geneva, Amsterdam and Singapore, and plans to soon establish a PoP in New York too.

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India excludes Pakistan from a Saarc initiative

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NEW DELHI: India has excluded Pakistan from the list of Saarc member countries with which it will be connecting its state-of-theart National Knowledge Network (NKN) for sharing scientific databases and remote access to advanced research facilities.

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For the Motion:
If anything physically happens to the Pakistani celebrities in India then the government will be held answerable to the Pakistani government.

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This motion is also against the cultural development of the nation as it's important for India and Pakistan to co-exist together in term of mutual trusts, understanding and appreciation of the problems of one another.  It goes against the SAARC's policy of mutual assistance in cultural and social fields. This will also help India to become a super power again.

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Against the motion (rebuttal of Anirudh's point).

The Bollywood Industry is largely protected by family loyalty anyway. Therefore, it is hard for new talent to enter, regardless of their nationality.

Furthermore, working with foreign actors can only benefit the portfolio and CV. This could help them secure jobs abroad or more lucrative positions even within the industry.

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For the motion:
India has for long suspended official talks with Pakistan and it is evident that the relationship with them is not on good terms. Therefore, India as a country should hold a clear standpoint and make it evident that they are not willing to cooperate with Pakistan in any field of work.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/india-excludes-pakistan-from-a-saarc-initiative/articleshow/62345991.cms

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replying to Mr. prakash,
- india has not started the fight between india and pakistan, as india tries to cooperate when pakistani's kill their soldiers, for example: india did not attack pakistan after the mumbai attacks. {26/11

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Against the motion:
If the government was facing issues with Pakistan on the military front, it should've been their aim to maintain as many other ties as possible, so as not to aggravate the issue.

However, by banning the actors and singers, they further enraged the Pakistani government, which may have contributed negatively to the military conflict.

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Against the motion
This motion would go against the aims and policies of SAARC, which promotes social and cultural cooperation between all countries in the organization.

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For the motion:
Not all actors and Pakistanis were sent back to Pakistan. Only famous personalities who proved to be at risk after the surgical strikes conducted by the government. For example, actors and personalities with criminal records had to be sent back due to security reasons both for them and the country.
The Pakistani terror and prejudice in India was reignited after the surgical strikes. Therefore, various Pakistani personalities present in India received threats from the general public, resulting in producers and directors not willing to work with Pakistani actors. However, due to propoganda the Indian government was portrayed in a bad light.

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SOMIK, HIMANISH, YASH, SHIKHAR AND ARJUN

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SOMIK, HIMANISH, YASH, SHIKHAR AND ARJUN

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For the motion:
many Indian flims have had Pakistan as being showed the  negative side (antagonist), which could also lead to anger developing in the Pakistani actor, and lateran on, he could get frustrated and lead to a crime.
it was for the betterment of Pakistani actors.

Also they are not Indian citizen, so the government has the right to send them back, without answering to any of their questions.

also, USA is trying to stop ALL AID with Pakistan, and no one is questioning them.
so why are we being questioned.

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pakistani actors working in the indian industries are showing that the pakistani industry is not good and famous. And no indians have gone to pakistan to work in the pakistani industries because they know that it is not famous and they would get not good amount of money.

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Against the motion:
The introduction of Pakistani talent to India diversified the entertainment presented to the Indian public.

It could've allowed the Indian public to accept different cultures, portrayals of common events and promote better diplomatic relations with Pakistan. All of this was ruined when the celebrities were "kicked out"

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Against the motion

China and US keep taking advantage of this conflict between India and Pakistan by helping Pakistan attack India. This automatically makes India weak and their decision of sending Pakistani actors back to Pakistan only confirms this fact. Also this culturally doesn't help India in any ways, by being together India and Pakistan can defeat strong enemies like US and China which will also enhance international relations between both the nations.

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for the motion/
india is suffering from problems like poverty and hunger, and why should we help pakistanis actors when we are facing problems.

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Against the motion
I think the government does not have the right to just tell the actors to leave the country just because of their bad relationships with Pakistan as they have contributed a lot to Bollywood through their skills.

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For the motion: Although not a high percentage of Indians are in the industry, there are still many that are foreshadowed by Pakistani actors and therefore they don't get the exposure they could get. This lowers the GNP.

Moreover, since they aren't Indian citizens, the government has the right to legally send them out of the country. Producers and directors involved with their movies wouldn't want to be affiliated with the controversy with the media and press, and therefore, to protect their integrity as a film company, they thought best to send them back.

There has also been scepticism regarding the Indian government's involvement, as many actors has

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Against the motion:

The Indian government cannot argue that the Pakistani talent was sent back to their country for their own safety. The right to safety is a personal choice, or the choice of your government, and therefore, the Indian government could not impose safety on these foreign citizens.

They do not have the moral high ground, because legally, the Indian government merely banned actors and singers of one country from performing in an economically viable industry.

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Against the motion
Besides aggravating ill feeling  and wasting talent.  It serves no practical purpose

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Against the motion:- I do not think that the governments decision was right as it is not right to judge a person on their basis of the religion or caste. Therefore this incidence has set a wrong perceptions for the youths against each other.

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Against the motion.
Collation of the Points made in the Debate.

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Against the motion:
you can not ban a person based on the country they represent. Banning Pakistani actors based on their nationality would be saying that India does not approve of Pakistani talent, which would effect the diplomatic relation of India and Pakistan. India constantly keeps referring to making thing right with the country and banning their actors would be going against the policy of SAARC.
Along with that, movies have a huge influence on the pubic, especially Bollywood movies in India, therefore collaborating with Pakistani artists meant the public being more accepting to Pakistanis, as Fawad Khan, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Atif Aslam have a huge following in India.
It would be petty on India's side to ban Pakistani actors where Indian movies have huge popularity in Pakistan, their actors, songs make a huge commercial business over there and the fact they are not banned shows Pakistan to be a bigger country than India

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Against the motion:
I don't think that the government's decision of sending the Pakistani musicians and actors back to Pakistan was a good decision because this goes against the purpose of SAARC which clearly states that the member countries (which both India and Pakistan are a part of) should promote mutual trust and understanding between each other but this act only results in the birth of a conflict between India and Pakistan.

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Against the motion
I do not think that the government's decision of sending back Pakistani artists to Pakistan was appropriate as-

Pakistani Actors, if banned from Indian movies will only bring out bitterness and is a fruitless act to perform.Moreover,Talent should always be appreciated for betterment of humanity whether it be from Pakistan or other country.

It will make the conditions b/w India and Pakistan more worse.

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Against the Motion:
This motion shows that India is prejudiced against Pakistani performers and artists as they did not ban actors from other countries with criminal records.