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NEET UG results 2026: Aryan Gupta, Panshul Bansal top exam; score 715 out of 720
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Aryan Gupta from Punjab and Panshul Bansal from Haryana topped NEET UG 2026 with 715 out of 720 marks.
candidates scored above 700; 138 scored above 690, with 93% first-time takers and 99% aged 17-19.
% of qualified candidates were women; qualifying rate was 56.8% for women and 55.1% for men.
lakh candidates qualified out of 20 lakh who took the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET).
The National Testing Agency (NTA) did not provide a full topper list or gender distribution of all candidates, stating a separate category-wise list would be released.
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