How ‘locust zapper’ girl from Al Ain aced India’s NEET medical exam

How ‘locust zapper’ girl from Al Ain aced India’s NEET medical exam

Al Ain: During her school years in Al Ain, Indian girl Diya Zainab was an all-rounder, participating in as many extra-curricular activities as possible, winning academic awards and cracking quizzes and competitions including a television contest for which she made a “Locust Zapper” sustainability project with her friends. Today, she is basking in her latest achievement — acing India’s NEET medical exam among the UAE aspirants who took the highly competitive test last month. A former student of Our Own English High School in Al Ain, Zainab cleared NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) 2023 with flying colours with a score of 695 out of 720. She holds an All India Rank of 552 and Kerala State Rank 23 in the exam for medical entrance attended by more than 2 million students. With an impressive percentile of 99.97, which means she beat as many per cent of candidates who appeared in the cut-throat competition, Zainab shared her journey of hard work, sacrifices and the never give-up attitude with Gulf News. “I worked so hard for it…so it feels so great,” she said. However, she acknowledged that it was not her first attempt. “When I was doing my 12th, I had