# 49 AIAPGET candidates to get re-test after Jaipur power failure 2026-08-22T22:51:27+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 3 independent outlets The National Testing Agency (NTA) will hold a re-examination for 49 candidates on September 1 after a power failure disrupted the AIAPGET exam at Shri Satya Sai PG College in Jaipur. The affected candidates, who were among 192 scheduled at that centre, will appear at Rajasthan College of Engineering for Women. The NTA has issued a show-cause notice to exam conducting agency M/s Eduquity Career Technologies Pvt. Ltd. and suspended its empanelment with immediate effect. The August 22 exam saw 35,837 out of 36,979 registered candidates appear, according to thestatesman.com. India Today reports that of 51,482 registered candidates, 49,867 appeared. Sources differ on total registrations. Students told ANI that systems froze 15 minutes into the test, leaving them waiting for nearly 90 minutes. The disruption also affected second-shift candidates, with some still waiting outside after 3 pm. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The Statesman and India Today both frame the story as a straightforward administrative response: NTA acted by issuing a notice and scheduling a re-test. India Gazette, via ANI copy, adds the human dimension by quoting student distress, making the outage feel more disruptive. The key detail all three agree on is the 49 affected candidates and the September 1 re-test. The discrepancy in registration numbers between sources (36,979 vs 51,482) is significant but neither outlet addresses it. A careful reader should note that the NTA's suspension of Eduquity is pending resolution, not final, and watch for the outcome of the show-cause notice. ## Coverage Coverage: 3 sources, 3 neutral - thestatesman.com (neutral report) Leads with the re-test date and candidate count, no commentary - indiagazette.com (neutral report) Includes ANI copy with student quotes adding emotional weight - indiatoday.in (neutral report) Adds second-shift disruption detail but keeps straight reporting This story was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources. Last updated 2026-08-23T06:55:45+00:00. Tags: AIAPGET, Eduquity Career Technologies, Jaipur, NTA Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/power-failure-hits-aiapget-exam-49-to-retake-on-sept-1/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/power-failure-hits-aiapget-exam-49-to-retake-on-sept-1/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/