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NEET 2020 Results Out: Odisha's Shoyeb Aftab creates history with 720 marks

Union Education Minister thanked National Testing Agency for giving a new cohort of doctors this year.

Sentinel Digital Desk

Shoyeb Aftab created history as he topped the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, NEET 2020 examinations with a perfect score of 720 out of 720 to become the first student ever to do so.

Earlier this week, Allen career institute tweeted Aftab's score as per the OMR released by NTA. The NTA had uploaded the NEET 2020 answer keys on September 26, 2020, and the OMR sheets on October 5, 2020.

Moments after the NEET Result was announced, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank took to Twitter to thank the National Testing Agency (NTA). ''I thank @DG_NTA for giving a new cohort of Doctors this year. Exams were conducted during ''testing'' times and the spirit of Cooperative Federalism was clearly visible. I thank all the Chief Ministers for the same.''

The results were announced at 5 pm at the NEET official websites and the candidates can visit websites--ntaneet.nic.in or at mcc.nic.in to check their marks. The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) final answer key was also released by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on Friday at its official websites.