New Delhi: Gautam Adani, the Chairman of Adani Group, on Thursday expressed his deep sorrow following a tragic incident in Gorakhpur, where an 18-year-old girl reportedly died by suicide after failing to clear the JEE-Mains examination. 

In a heartfelt message, Adani highlighted the importance of looking beyond academic results, urging students to not view failure as the end of their journey. He wrote on social media platform X, "It is heartbreaking to see a daughter go away like this under the burden of expectations. Life is bigger than any exam - parents have to understand this themselves and also explain it to their children...My only request to all of you is - never consider failure as your final destination. Because life always gives a second chance...!"

The girl's tragic death has drawn attention to the immense pressure faced by students in India's highly competitive education system.

On February 11, the National Testing Agency (NTA) declared the results for the first paper of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE Mains), the BE/BTech paper. According to the testing agency, the results of the 2nd paper, of BArch/BPlanning will be declared later.

Paper one of JEE Mains was conducted on January 22, 23, 24, 28 and 29 this year.

According to the NTA, 14 people obtained a score of 100, with five students from Rajasthan; two students each from Delhi and Uttar Pradesh; and one student each from Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana obtaining the full marks.

The JEE (Mains)- 2025 paper 1 (BE/B Tech) examination was conducted in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode in 13 languages, in Assamese, Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu, read a statement from the agency.

Apart from that, the exam was also conducted in 15 cities outside India, including Manama, Doha city, Dubai, Muscat, Riyadh, Sharjah, Singapore, Kuwait, Kuala Lumpur, Kathmandu, Abu Dhabi, West Java, Washington, Lagos and Munich.

95 pc of all candidates who registered for the exam gave it, as more than 13 lakh students registered, however only around 12.5 lakh students attended it.

(ANI inputs)