Latest News about NEET 2025 and Other Medical Entrance Exams

 

When you are appearing for a medical entrance exam or any competitive exam, it's very important to be up-to-date with the latest news and developments. Here, we bring you all the latest medical exam news about NEET 2025 as well as other medical entrance exams in India:

 

NEET Exam 2025 Dates

 

The National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Undergraduate (NEET UG) on May 4th, 2025. More than 20 lakh students are expected to appear for the medical entrance exam this year.

As per the latest news of medical exams, the admit card for NEET 2025 is likely to be released in the 4th week of April 2025. Aspirants are all set and preparing for the upcoming medical entrance exam and have kept an eye on the latest medical exams news published in different news portals.

AskIITians provides a consolidated platform to find the news for medical exams. All the announcements related to the top medical exams conducted in India at all levels can be found on this portal. It enables medical aspirants to find consolidated information in one place and make proper decisions.

Medical graduates also stick to this portal to find the latest news related to post-graduation and PhD announcements made by the top medical institutes in India. By following this updated news, they can make proper decisions for conducting research after MBBS."

Keep an eye out and get the latest updates for NEET 2025 along with professional assistance for preparation from the top experts here.

 

Registration for PhD. Program in AIIMS Delhi occurred from July 22 to August 3, 2024

 

All India Institute of Medical Sciences is inviting online applications for its PhD. Program July 2025 session. The online application window is expected to open in July 2025 and remain active until early August 2025. The exam is likely to be conducted in the CBT (computer-based test) as well as the pen and paper modes in August 2025 - from 10:00 am to 11:30 am.

The exam has two stages:

Stage 1 is a written test where candidates have to solve MCQs on Statistics, Biostatistics, and General Knowledge. The duration of the test is 90 minutes and the question paper carries a total of 80 marks.

Stage II is the departmental assessment. Those who attain at least 50% marks in the Stage 1 exam are called to appear for this stage.

Candidates are only eligible for PhD seats in the department they apply for. Those who crack the exam are screened based on the eligibility criteria of the respective projects they want to join.

There is no institute fellowship for the PhD courses. In the Department of Biostatistics, AIIMS, the course is available depending on the availability of research projects as well as the availability of research funds or grants from recognized funding agencies.

 

Frisking Horror in Kerala with Female NEET Students; State Human Rights Commission Seeks Report

 

At a NEET exam centre near Ayoor in Kollam, 5 women allegedly asked female students to take off their undergarments while frisking them. About 90 students had to go through a humiliating experience before being allowed to enter the examination hall.

The Kerala State Human Rights Commission has asked the Kollam rural SP (Superintendent of Police) to submit a detailed report within two weeks.

An enraged parent who filed the complaint with the Commission said that the girls were taken to a separate room and asked to remove their undergarments because the metal detector beeped because of the presence of hooks in their top wear.

This is not the first time that such an incident has been reported in Kerala. In 2018, a group of 26 female students from Palakkad was made to remove their bras while frisking them before NEET exams. One of the girls alleged that one of the male invigilators was staring at her chest during the examination which made her uncomfortable.

Such incidents have enraged not just the parents but also the student community across India. The NTA has set up a fact-finding panel that will file a detailed report on the latest incident in four weeks.

 

CBI Busted NEET Cheating Scam on the Examination Day; Calls for Exam Cancellation or Second Attempt at NEET

 

On July 17, the day of the NEET 2022 exam, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) busted a gang of impersonators who would write the exam for students for money. This inter-state NEET scandal may have links to Bihar, Delhi, Maharashtra, and Uttar Pradesh.

The ongoing investigation has found that the exam solver gang would morph the admit cards of NEET aspirants and impose the face of the impersonator on the student. The gang demanded at least Rs 20 lakh for one medical seat. The medical college student or the coaching institute expert who impersonated the student and write the exam for him or her would get Rs 4 to 5 lakhs for it.

A doctor from Safdarjung Medical College is suspected to be the mastermind of the gang and many coaching institutes are being investigated for their role in the scam.

Since the NEET exam was rigged, aspirants demanded cancellation of the medical entrance exam or should be allowed to attempt the exam once again. Students also say that they could not get enough time for NEET preparation that year due to the pandemic restrictions.

 

NEET UG 2024 Answer Key and Result to be Released Soon

 

The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Undergraduate (NEET UG) on May 5, 2024. More than 24 lakh students appeared for the medical entrance exam this year.

Though there has been no official announcement yet, there's news that the NEET answer keys and the candidates' OMR answer sheets will soon be available for downloading at neet.nta.nic.in. Candidates will be allowed to check these provisional answer keys for all sets of NEET 2024 question papers and raise objections – if required. Experts will review students' feedback and then release the final answer key in PDF format.

Soon after the final answer keys are released, NTA will declare the NEET UG 2024 exam results. The students will be able to download their NEET scorecards by logging in to the official website.

The individual candidate cards will mention details like their All India Ranks (AIRs), percentile marks, etc.

AskIITians experts remind students that there's no restriction on the number of attempts for NEET. So, if you didn't do well this time or couldn't appear for the exam due to any reason, don't lose heart. You can always try again next year!

 

How to Calculate Your Expected NEET Score and Rank?

 

Once NEET releases the answer keys, download one which matches the key code of the NEET question paper set you attempted. You can find this key code at the top of your OMR sheet as well as the answer key.

Record the number of answers in your response sheet as correct. Multiply it by 4.

Now, note down the number of incorrect answers in your response sheet. Subtract them from the number you got above.

 

Formula for NEET Score = (Number of Correct Answers × 4) − (Number of Incorrect Answers × 1)

 

Once you know your NEET score, students can make an educated guess of their expected rank in the NEET 2024 exam (based on trends and previous years' data):

• 720 – 715 marks can fetch you NEET ranks between 1 – 30
• 710 – 700 marks can fetch you NEET ranks between 31 – 200
• 698 – 690 marks can fetch you NEET ranks between 201 – 500
• 688 – 680 marks can fetch you NEET ranks between 501 – 1000
• 679 – 670 marks can fetch you NEET ranks between 1001 – 1800
• 669 – 660 marks can fetch you NEET ranks between 1801 – 2800
• 659 – 650 marks can fetch you NEET ranks between 2801 – 4300
• 649 – 640 marks can fetch you NEET ranks between 4301 – 6100
• 639 – 630 marks can fetch you NEET ranks between 6101 – 8600
• 629 – 620 marks can fetch you NEET ranks between 8601 – 11500

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