Prabanjan and Bora Chakravarthi joint top scorers

Agencies

New Delhi rabanjan J from Tamil Nadu and Bora Varun Chakravarthi from Andhra Pradesh have emerged as the top scorers in this year’s NEETUG, attaining a remarkable 99.99 percentile, as announced by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on Tuesday. Out of the total 20.38 lakh candidates, 11.45 lakh have successfully qualified for the exam.

Uttar Pradesh claims the highest number of qualifying candidates with 1.39 lakh, followed by Maharashtra with 1.31 lakh and Rajasthan with over 1 lakh qualifiers.

The NTA conducted the National Eligibility-cumEntrance Test (UG) across 4,097 centers in

499 cities nationwide, including 14 cities outside India, on May 7.

NTA has announced the names of all India toppers, marks scored by them and category-wise cut-off marks along with NEET results.

The Medical entrance exam was held on May 7, 2023, except in Manipur.

For 8,753 candidates of Manipur, the exam on June 6 in 11 cities, including the state capital Imphal.

Last year, three candidates had shared the top rank.

One team each of NDRF and SDRF deployed, and one team of NDRF is to be deployed at Okha port. Around 250 people shifted to temporary shelter homes. Tourists and local population are not allowed to visit Gomti Ghat, Shivrajpur beach, Bet Dwarka and other places along the coast.

EXECUTIVE MAGISTRATE, DWARKA, GUJARAT,

z In Gujarat’s Jakhau port, the administration has shifted 21,000 people from different coastal districts to safety.

z Cyclone ‘Biparjoy’ is likely to impact Kutch, Devbhoomi Dwarka and Jamnagar districts of Gujarat the most.

z As Cyclone Biparjoy’ moves closer to the Gujarat coast, the Western Railway has shortterminated more than 50 trains heading to coastal areas of the state and is considering cancellation of several trains over the next three days.

A meeting was held at the control room of the State Emergency Operation Center to review the situation of Biparjoy and preparedness of the system. Interacted with the control rooms to get information about rescue and relief operations and evacuation of people.

BHUPENDRA PATEL, GUJARAT CHIEF MINISTER

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