NEW DELHI: Candidates appearing for this year's NEET exam will able to write the exam in Malayalam as well. It was Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan who made the announcement.

"NEET-UG will be conducted in 13 languages with Punjabi and Malayam being the new additions," the minister said.

He also said that a new exam centre for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) has been opened in Kuwait to facilitate the Indian student community in the Middle East.

'Registrations for the NEET(UG) 2021 has started on http://ntaneet.nic.in from 5:00 pm today. For the first time in the history of NEET(UG) exam and in order to facilitate the Indian student community in the middle east, an examination centre has been opened in Kuwait,' he tweeted.

The Minister had on Monday announced that the NEET which was earlier scheduled on August 1 will now be conducted on September 12.