{
  "id": 1647121,
  "title": "NEET UG Counselling 2026: MCC Extends Round 1 Choice Filling Till 11:59 PM Today At mcc.nic.in; Choice Locking Underway",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/neet-ug-counselling-2026-mcc-extends-round-1-choice-filling-till-11",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T05:18:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/education/neet-ug-counselling-2026-mcc-extends-round-1-choice-filling-till-1159-pm-today-at-mccnicin-choice-locking-underway"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "NEET UG Counselling 2026: The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has extended the deadline for choice filling in Round 1 of NEET UG Counselling 2026. Candidates can now submit their preferred colleges and courses until 11:59 PM today, August 18. The decision was announced through a notice issued by MCC on August 17. According to the notice, choice locking for Round 1 began at 5:30 PM on August…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}