DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2025, AHMEDABAD, LATE CITY, 20 PAGES `5.00 ● WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 RESULTS TO BE DECLARED ON FEBRUARY 8 Delhi Decides BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY 60.44% total turnout, North East Delhi highest at 66.25% EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 5 THE70Assemblyconstituencies of Delhi, where the AAP is seeking a third consecutive term while the BJP is hoping for a comeback after 27 years, saw a total turnout of 60.44 per cent, according to Election Commission data available at midnight Wednesday. Polling startedat7amandcontinuedtill after 6 pm in some areas. The Capital had recorded a turnout of 62.59 per cent in the 2020 Assembly polls, and 58.69 per cent in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. On Wednesday, the highest turnout was recorded in North East district, which saw 66.25 per cent polling, while South East district recorded the lowest turnout at 56.31 per cent. AccordingtotheEC’sdistrictwise data at midnight, the turnout was 59.09 per cent in Central Delhi, 62.40 per cent in East, 57.13 per cent in New Delhi, 59.55 per cent in North, 60.70 percentinNorthWest,63.94per cent in Shahdara, 58.16 per cent in South, 61.09 per cent in South West,and60.76percentinWest. Amongconstituencies,North East Delhi’s Mustafabad had the highest turnout at 69 per cent while Mehrauli in South West Delhi recorded the lowest turnout at 53.04 per cent. WhiletheCapital’stotalelectorateaddsuptoabout1.56crore, there are over 2 lakh first-time voters. A total of 699 candidates contested the elections, the results of which will be declared A military aircraft carrying illegal Indian migrants deported from the US lands at the Amritsar airport on Wednesday. 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RESULT, 2024 F.C.* CHHATISGARH JUDICIAL SERVICES RESULTS, 2024 BIHAR HIGHER JUDICIAL SERVICES RESULTS, 2024 F.C.* CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 English Medium (Offline & Online) Hindi Medium- Rahul Vidhi Sansthan F.C.* CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 What makes the Opposition think that the toll of the Kumbh stampede is higher and that the UP government is concealing the actual figure? Nobody believes the government.Thepeoplewhowitnessed thestampedealsothinkitisalie. The government has not yet released any figures. Thousands of peoplehaveapproachedthelostand-found counter and some people connected to my family say around 15,000 people are runningfrompillartoposttofind their near and dear ones. With the figures that (Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha) Mallikarjun Kharge Saab provided in the House, it is Honesty Sincerity and hard work is our motto F.C.* JUST ABOUT 8,000 candidates have taken up offers in the pilot project of the Prime Minister’s Internship Scheme till the middle of January, sources involved in the process said. The pilot IN LOK Sabha on Tuesday, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav demanded “strict punitive action” against thoseresponsiblefortheJanuary 29 Maha Kumbh stampede. In an interview, the party’s Rajya Sabha MP Ram Gopal Yadav, Akhilesh’s uncle, tells The Indian Express why he thinks the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is concealing the deathtollfigures,andtalksabout the state of the INDIA bloc, among other issues. Excerpts: F.C.* NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 5 cepted offers to join the internship as on January 29, 2025, according to a Lok Sabha reply by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs on February 3. Sources told The Indian Express that only about 8,000 candidates have joined the internship programme in the first phase. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 5 F.C.* AANCHAL MAGAZINE phase was launched in October, while the scheme itself was announcedintheUnionBudgetfor 2024-25 last July. Of the 1.27 lakh internship opportunitieslistedby280companies in the first phase, partner companies made 82,077 internship offers to 60,866 candidates. Of these, 28,141 candidates ac- PAGES 12, 15 F.C.* 8,000 candidates join PM internship scheme in 4 months since its launch over claims of fake voting, distribution of money near booths H.M.* CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 ● AAP & BJP face off MANOJ C G F.C.* THE STUDY points to the long road ahead, including finding ways for the school curriculum, teaching and assessment to connect with real-life skills. for: Better roads, clean water, a remedy for pollution LAW F.C.* E ates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee that exposes a stark disconnectinIndia’smathematics education. The team set out to investigatewhethermathematicsskills acquired by children in realworld settings transfer to the classroom and vice versa. For this, the researchers worked with1,436childvendorsinDelhi and Kolkata markets and 471 schoolchildren, and found that MOST EXIT polls on Wednesday predicted a sweep for the BJP in the Delhi Assembly elections, while three projected AAP’s return to power, and another two showed a close contest. Interestingly, many of the polls showed that the Congress may open its account, after drawing a blank in the 2020 elections. The exit polls are projections madebyelectionsurveyagencies based on interviews of voters. ● What Delhi voted an institute of excellence F.C.* CHILD VENDORS can mentally calculate complex market transactions in seconds but struggle with simpler abstract maths taught in schools, while their school-going peers excel at academic maths but fail at basic real-world calculations, reveals a new study by a team of researchersincludingNobellaure- Academics vs real-life ● skills NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 5 SAMAJWADI PARTY’S RAJYA SABHA MP F.C.* NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 5 EXPLAINED ABHINAYA HARIGOVIND EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE RAM GOPAL YADAV F.C.* Wide gap between ‘street maths’ and ‘school maths’, shows study DELHI Since 2001 F.C.* NOBEL LAUREATES ESTHER DUFLO, ABHIJIT BANERJEE IN RESEARCH TEAM INTERVIEW F.C.* PAGE 17 Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers prayers at the Sangam during the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj Wednesday. ANI PAGE14 2025 Rahul's IAS Coaching Institute for Judicial Services Exams. THE EXPRESS F.C.* RELATED REPORTS PM AT MAHA KUMBH Most exit polls give BJP edge, AAP says never right DECISION CONTINUEDONPAGE2 F.C.* CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 FIRST BRITISH OFFSHORE CAMPUS IN GIFT CITY NEXT YEAR PAGE 3 F.C.* US PRESIDENT Donald Trump suggested that displaced Palestinians in Gaza be permanentlyresettledoutsidethewartorn territory and proposed the US take “ownership” in redeveloping the area into “the Riviera of the Middle East”. Trump’s brazen proposal Tuesday appears certain to roil the next stage of talks meant to extendthetenuousceasefirebetween Israel and Hamas and secure the release of the remaining hostages held in Gaza. 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This has emerged from a report presented in Lok Sabha by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs, F.C.* US President Donald Trump with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Tuesday. Reuters SHUBHAJIT ROY AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal with his family at a polling booth in New Delhi constituency on Wednesday. Amit Mehra F.C.* AMRITSAR, VADODARA, FEB 5 parted from San Antonio, Texas, Tuesday afternoon, also had 11 crew members and 45 US officials on board. Officials told The Indian Express that the highest number of deportees — 33 each — are F.C.* KAMALDEEP SINGH BRAR & ADITI RAJA Working on law for safe migration: MEA to panel F.C.* 33 each from Gujarat and Haryana, 30 from Punjab; 25 women, 12 minors H.M.* F.C.* Trump says US should take over Gaza, allies say no Sunday Closed We have our sole office and classroom only at Delhi. We don't have any branches. Ahmedabad