India, June 15 -- Two students from Maharashtra stood in the top 10 in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for medical education conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA). The results were announced on Saturday.

Pune's Krishang Joshi secured All India Rank (AIR) 3 by scoring 681 out of 720 while Aarav Agarwal obtained AIR 10 with a score of 675 out of 720. Siddhi Badhe from Baramati, who scored 665, secured AIR 26 and third place in the all-India top 20 female students list.

The NTA conducted the examination on May 4 across the country and abroad in 16 languages. A total of 2,48,201 students had registered from Maharashtra. Of these, 2,42,858 students appeared for the examination and 1,25,727 students qualified (passe...