NEET 2021 results: 3 candidates share top rank, more female students qualify

Three candidates have shared the top rank in medical entrance exam NEETUG results of which were announced on Monday according to the National Testing Agency Telanganas Mrinal Kutteri Delhis Tanmay Gupta and Maharashtras Karthika G Nair shared the top rank scoring 720 out of 720Eight transgender candidates have also cleared the examination A tiebreaking formula will be used at the counselling stage for joint rank holders an NTA official said The fifth rank has also been shared by 12 candidates while 21 candidates have shared the 19th rankThe Ministry of Educations testing agency has not used the tiebreaking formula this year for the announcement of ranks Over 1544 lakh candidates had appeared for the exam which was conducted at 3858 centres in 13 languages Over 870 lakh candidates have qualified the exam The NEETUG exam was held on September 12 with over 95 per cent of the registered candidates appearing for the medical entrance exam According to NTA officials continuing the trend of previous years more female students have qualified the exam than male studentsEight of the 14 transgender candidates who had appeared for the exam have also qualified iquestA total of 494806 females have qualified for the exam while the number of successful male candidates is 375260iquest an official said Fifteen candidates were identified using unfair means during the exam and their results have been cancelled the official added A record 1614 lakh candidates had registered for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test NEET this yearThe singleshift penpaper NEETUG 2021 is a qualifying entrance exam for admission to bachelor courses in medicine and surgery MBBS dental surgery BDS ayurveda unani and homeopathic among others in premier medical colleges like AIIMS and Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research JIPMER PuducherryThe qualifying marks range this year has dropped from 2020 While the qualifying marks range or cutoff for general and EWS category had been set at 720138 as against 720147 in 2020 the cutoff for OBC SC and ST came down to 137108 from 146113 in 2020 Similarly the qualifying marks range for general EWS PwD candidates is 137122 as against 146129 in 2020This years qualifying marks ranges for OBC PwD SC PwD and ST PwD candidates is 121108 iquestThe Directorate UR of Health Services DGHS Government of India will conduct the counselling for 15 pc All India Quota Seats Deemed Universities Central Universities Seats of ESIC and AFMC BHU amp AMU Candidates may visit website wwwmccnicin for further information Candidates will apply for 15 pc All India Quota seats as per the directions of DGHS and Counselling will be stopped once the seats are exhausted the official addedThe Supreme Court Thursday permitted the National Testing Agency to declare the National Eligibility Entrance Test NEET results for admission to undergraduate medical courses across the country saying that it cannot hold the results of over 16 lakh students A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao Sanjiv Khanna and B R Gavai also stayed the Bombay High Courts recent order asking the NTA not to declare the NEET results and conduct reexamination for two aspirants whose question papers and OMR sheets had got mixed up at a centre in MaharashtraThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever