Three share top NEET rank with perfect score, 56% candidates qualify

Three share top NEET rank with perfect score, 56% candidates qualify

Manash.Gohain@timesgroup.com

02.11.2021

Three candidates — Delhi’s Tanmay Gupta, Mrinal Kutteri from Telangana and Maharashtra girl Karthika G Nair — scored a perfect 720 to be declared joint toppers of this year’s National Eligibility-cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to undergraduate medical courses, according to results announced by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on Monday night.

In all, 8,70,074 (56.34%) of the 15,44,275 candidates who appeared for the test qualified. In continuation of the trend in the past, the number of female candidates who qualified is 1.19 lakh higher than male candidates.

NTA has not used age as tiebreaker for announcing the ranking for candidates scoring identical marks in all three subjects— biology, chemistry and physics. Thus there are three No 1 All-India rank holders while there are 12 candidates who were placed at rank 5 as they scored 715 and have identical marks in all the three subjects as well. However, after the three No 1 rank holders, the next candidate was ranked 4th. Two candidates each have been ranked 17th and 19th.

Thus, the top 20 candidates share five All-India rankings (1, 4, 5, 17 and 19). Of them, three each are from Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, two each from Delhi, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka and one each from Bihar, Kerala, West Bengal, Punjab, Gujarat and Haryana.

NEET-UG 2021 was conducted on September 12 and it recorded one of the highest attendance in five years, as 95.63% of 16.14 lakh aspirants took the test. Last time, the medical entrance recorded 94% attendance in 2017 when 11.38 lakh were registered, while in 2018 it recorded an alltime high of 97%.

Two cases of impersonation have been detected so far and three Covid-positive candidates were allowed to take the exam in isolation in Kerala.

The range of qualifying marks this year dropped as compared to last year. While the range of qualifying marks for General and EWS category had been set at 720-138 as against 720-147 in 2020, the cut-off for OBC, SC and ST came down to 137-108 from 146-113 in 2020. Similarly, the qualifying marks range for General/ EWS PwD candidates is 137-122 as against 146-129 in 2020. This year’s qualifying marks range for disabled among OBC, SC and ST candidates is 121-108.

NTA, which conducted the test, has also emailed the results to every candidate.

The results got delayed this year due to a stay by the Bombay High Court, which was overruled by the Supreme Court on October 28.

Two from state shine in NEET-UG exams

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Ahmedabad:  02.11 2021

Two candidates from the state have made it to the Top 100 All India Rankings (AIR) in the latest NEET (UG) 2021 results that were declared by National Testing Agency (NTA) late Monday evening.

Both the candidates, Shlok Soni and Prasham Shah, have scored 705 out of 720 marks in the exams that were held on September 12. While Shlok Soni has secured AIR-60, Shah has bagged AIR-100.

“I want to get admission in AIIMS-Delhi but it seems a little difficult looking at my rank. My aim was to secure a place in Top 50 AIR. I joined coaching classes for NEET exam preparation from Class 8. My father is an orthopaedic surgeon at a hospital in Ankleshwar. As the exams got delayed due to Covid-19, I started feeling tense,” said Shah. He said the bright side of the lockdown was that he got to spend almost a year with his family members.

Shah, with AIR-100, resides in Ahmedabad’s Sabarmati area. His father is an ENT surgeon.

“The exam paper was tougher this time as compared to last year. There were some tricky questions that were tough to crack. I have got the marks that I expected. It’s not important how many hours you study, it’s important how well you study,” said Shah. He did not completely give up on mobile phones and gadgets but used them in a limited manner while preparing for the exams.

About 70,000 candidates from Gujarat had registered for the NEET exams this year. Candidates who cleared NEET are eligible for admission to MBBS, BDS, BAMS and other undergraduate medical and dental courses.

NEET (UG) – 2021 was conducted in 13 languages including English, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Assamese, Malayalam, Kannada, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.

The NEET (UG) – 2021 will consist of one question paper containing 180 multiple choice questions from Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (Botany and Zoology).

Guv urges graduates to prepare for climate change consequences

Guv urges graduates to prepare for climate change consequences

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Coimbatore:  02.11 2021

Tamil Nadu governor R N Ravi on Monday took part in the 42nd Annual Convocation of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) and urged students and researchers to prepare for the uncertain disastrous consequences of climate changes. He stated that the changing monsoon patterns, rising sea levels, deadly heatwaves, intense storms, and flash floods posed a great threat to the agriculture sector. The governor at the event conferred degrees on 2,602 graduates and research scholars from TNAU and its affiliated colleges.

Addressing the students, he said, “Although our country today is foodgrain surplus, the corresponding benefit of it has not gone to our farmers as the majority of them are subsistence and small. There exists a paradoxical situation where the gross food production in the country is surplus and the bulk of food producers are poor.

“This has arisen due to decades of distorted agriculture policies, which benefited a few big farmers but did not help the overwhelming majority, who are small and marginal.”

He added, “I am informed that the incremental income due to the adoption of TNAU crop varieties, management technologies, and farm machinery by the Tamil Nadu farming community was worth ₹10,433 crore per annum.” Trilochan Mohapatra, secretary of the Union department of agricultural research and education, said that only 40-45% of the agricultural area in Tamil Nadu is rainfed. “It is important to harvest rain, store it and effectively use it through micro-irrigation,” he added.

Car crushed, newly weds die

Car crushed, newly weds die

Chennai:  02.11.2021

In a tragic turn of events, a newly wed couple died in a ghastly accident at Kadambathur in Tiruvallur district after a multi axle concrete mixer truck toppled over their car on Sunday night.

The deceased — Manoj Kumar, 31, of Arakkonam and Karthika, 30, of Perungalathur — had tied the knot on October 28.

On Sunday, the two were driving back from a gathering organised by Karthika’s relatives. On reaching Kadambathur at 9.45 pm, they were hit by a concrete mixer truck plying on the opposite side towards Chennai. The truck driver reportedly lost control while negotiating a curve. The high-impact collision caused the truck to topple and fall on the car crushing the couple to death. The truck driver fled the scene . A few passersby alerted police.

A crane was brought to remove the dead bodies from the mangled car. The Mappedu police registered a case and the bodies have been sent to Tiruvallur Government Hospital. Police are trying to trace the driver using the registration number of the truck. TNN

Three candidates get perfect score in NEET, share no. 1 rank

Three candidates get perfect score in NEET, share no. 1 rank

Manash.Gohain@timesgroup.com

New Delhi  02.11 2021

Three candidates — Delhi’s Tanmay Gupta, Mrinal Kutteri from Telangana and Maharashtra girl Karthika G Nair — scored a perfect 720 to be declared joint toppers of this year’s National Eligibility-cum Entrance Test for admission to undergraduate medical courses, according to the results announced by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on Monday night.

In all 8,70,074 (56.34%) of the 15,44,275 candidates who appeared for the test qualified. In continuation of the trend in the past, the number of female candidates who qualified is 1.19 lakh higher than male candidates.

NTA has not used age as tie-breaker for announcing the ranking for candidates scoring identical marks in all three subjects — biology, chemistry and physics. Thus there are three No 1 All-India rank holders while there are 12 candidates who were placed at rank 5 as they scored 715 and have identical marks in all the three subjects as well. However, after the three No 1 rank holders, the next candidate was ranked 4th. Two candidates each have been ranked 17th and 19th.

Full report on www.toi.in

2 Namakkal students score 710 of 720 marks in NEET

2 Namakkal students score 710 of 720 marks in NEET

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

02.11.2021

Geethanjali S A and M Pravin of Namakkal scored 710 marks of 720 in National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) 2021, results of which were declared on Monday. While Geethanjali was ranked 23rd nationally, Pravin was ranked 30th. Last year, for the same marks, Tamil Nadu’s Srijan got all India 8th rank. This year, 1,10,971 candidates from TN registered for the test.

Trainers said students this year scored higher marks compared to previous year due to more time for preparation as the exam was postponed to September 12 following the second Covid-19 wave.

Geethanjali, of Green Park Coaching Centre, told TOI she could not express her happiness.

Geethanjali S A and M Pravin

Three candidates score a perfect 720

Three candidates from across the country scored a perfect 720 to be declared joint toppers of NEET-2021. Of the 15,44,275 candidates who appeared for the test , 56% qualified for admission to undergraduate medical courses. P 13

State topper studied for 18 hours a day

“I was aiming for a rank, but did not expect first rank in the state.” The girl who prepared for nearly 18 hours a day and wrote at least 50 mock tests, said she wanted to become a surgeon. “I also have another idea. To become an IAS or IPS officer after pursuing civil service examinations after completing my MBBS.” she added. Her father C Anbarasu is a poultry farmer, mother A Sumathi a home maker, while her sister S A Sangamithra is a final year MBBS student at Dharmapuri government medical college. Pravin, from the same coaching centre, wants to become a cardiologist. “Coaching and model examinations held at the coaching centre helped me a lot,” he said. His father M Madeshwaran rents material for construction work, while his mother M Jaya is a home maker. Hayagrivas M B of Mogappair in Chennai, who secured 705 of 720 and got all India 56th rank, said he expected better marks. The student of Velammal Vidyalaya in Mel Ayanambakkam said, “I want to join either AIIMS in New Delhi or Jipmer in Puducherry.”

Mixed reality Apple device soon

Mixed reality Apple device soon

San Francisco: Tech giant Apple is reportedly planning to launch its long-rumored mixed-reality device as early as next year. In the latest edition of Power On newsletter, Mark Gurman claims Apple is planning to unleash its own pricey device with advanced chips, displays, sensor, and avatar-based features as early as next year, reports Apple Insider. The headset will include “both AR and VR capabilities, which could offer a “mixed reality experience that can handle games in high-quality virtual reality”. The upcoming headset would likely not be aimed at consumers, but instead be geared towards developers and business customers. According to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple’s headset will lead the “next wave of user interface revolution” and change market consensus that AR/VR devices are mainly for gaming.

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