In June 2024 a candidate for the UPSC civil services preliminary exam arrived at a center in Sector 47, Gurugram, at 9:17 a.m. The exam began at 9:30. The candidate was not let in. A video of the candidate’s parents weeping at the gate spread widely online. “The gate was closed at 9:00 am but the examinee reached at 9:17 am,” the school’s principal said.