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NEET UG 2022 results were released late night on September 7. Candidates can check the results on the official website-- neet.nta.nic.in
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NEET UG Result 2022: Tanishka has scored impressive percentiles in JEE Mains exams too. (Graphics by Abhishek Mitra)

The National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (UG) was conducted on July 17, 2022. The exam was conducted from 2 pm to 5:20 pm. The exam was conducted at 3570 centres in 497 cities including 14 cities abroad. A total of 18,72,341 candidates registered for the medical entrance test. And, 16,14,777 candidates in 202 cities including only two international cities (Dubai and Kuwait) appeared for the exam. Express Photo by Kamleshwar Singh
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This year, the cut-off for the General category is 50th percentile. (715-117 marks), and 40th percentile for SC/ST/OBC category (116-93 marks)
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The number of candidates within India were maximum in Jaipur (52,351) and minimum in West Sikkim (105). Similarly, the number of candidates outside India were maximum in Dubai (646) and minimum in Thailand (06). Express Photo by Gurmeet Singh
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There was an alleged question paper mix-up at an examination centre in Rajasthan’s Sriganganagar district. Students said that question papers meant for Hindi and English medium students were interchanged mistakenly. An NTA official confirmed the mix-up.  Express photos
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Father of a girl who appeared for the exam, lodged a police complaint accusing authorities at the exam centre in Kerala’s Kollam of ordering his daughter to remove her innerwear before entering the hall. 7 people were arrested in relation to the case. Express photo by Narendra Vaskar
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Some Muslim girl students who appeared for NEET UG 2022 at at Shantabai Gote College in Washim alleged that they were made to remove their burqas before taking the exam. Express photo by Abhinav Saha
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The final answer key of NEET UG 2022 was released early morning. The provisional answer key was released on August 31. The candidates were allowed to challenge the answer key till September 2. Express Photo by Gurmeet Singh
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Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu passed a bill seeking exemption for state's students from the ambit of NEET. The state suggested that students can be admitted to medical colleges based on their Class 12 scores. The Union Home Ministry has sought clarifications from the Tamil Nadu government on the bill.
There were six cases of suspected suicide from Tamil Nadu over NEET exam. Image Credit: ANI
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The National Medical Commission (NMC) issued an advisory for all medical colleges to install CCTV cameras in their institute premises. As per the official notification, at least 25 CCTV cameras should be installed in all medical college premises. NMC directed to reduce fees for half of the total approved seats in private medical colleges. A petition was filed in the Madras High Court deeming the directive as unconstitutional. Image Courtesy: Twitter
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UGC Chairperson M Jagadesh Kumar said there are plans to merge the national level engineering and medical entrances with the CUET-UG  from the next academic year. The UGC chief has clarified that the idea has not been finalised yet. Express photo by Praveen Khanna
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Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan confirmed that there is no proposal to merge the NEET exam with JEE and CUET. He made the statement during an interaction with students in Kota. Image credit: All India Radio Twitter
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