Five students of the IIT, Kharagpur, have received offers in excess of Rs.1 crore in the first five days of the ongoing final placements. Also, the number of international offers has shot up by 50% with Japanese firms leading the recruitment drive, followed by American companies. American giants Microsoft, Uber, and PayPal are the firms that have offered the fattest paycheques this year.

The US has completed implementation of H-1B electronic registration process for the 2021 cap season and the petitions for the most sought after work visa among Indian IT-professionals will be accepted from April-1, 2020, the country's immigration agency has announced. The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.

The brother of the Unnao rape victim on Saturday said his sister will get justice when all those accused of brutalizing her will go to the place "where she has gone". "She asked me that brother please save me. I am very sad that I could not save her," he told reporters.