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UNDER MISSION FOOD DISTRIBUTION IRCTC CROSSED FIGURE OF 5LAKH IN WEST ZONE & 2.66 LAKH OVER W.RLY IN LAST 35 DAYS

In the unique socialinitiative of Mission FoodDistribution, West Zone ofIRCTC crossed the big figureof 5 lakh food packets on 2ndMay, 2020, as it has prepared& distributed 5,05,277 foodpackets of Dal Khichdi withpickle & other meals duringlast 35 days from 29th March,2020 to 2nd May, 2020 for theneedy and destitute personsthrough its 5 base kitchensat Mumbai Central &Ahmedabad of WR, Bhusawal& Pune of Central Rly & Itarsiof West Central Rly. Out ofthese a big share i.e. 2.66lakh food packets have beendistributed over WR in nearbyareas at Mumbai Central &Ahmedabad Rly stations.

According to a pressrelease, issued by ShriRavinder Bhakar- Chief PublicRelations Officer of WesternRly, the global pandemic hascreated unprecedentedsituations leaving a largenumber of people vulnerableto hunger. Those worst hit bythis pandemic and lockdownare stranded persons, dailywage labourers, migrants,children, coolies, homeless,the poor and many who formthe floating population.Indian Railways staff from anumber of Railwayorganizations have workedtirelessly since 29th March2020 to provide hot cookedmeals to needy people afterthe lockdown due to COVID-19. Western Railway & IRCTChave been providing bulkcooked food with paperplates for lunch and food

packets for dinner throughIRCTC's base kitchens, RPFresources and contribution ofNGOs. While delivering thefood to needy persons, socialdistancing and hygiene isbeing observed in a propermanner.

Considering the issues ofthe non availability ofresources among the poorand needy persons, MissionFood Distribution has beencontinued for last 35 days, byWestern Rly & IRCTC jointly,in which about 4.48 lakh freemeals have been distributedup to 2nd May, 2020 over all6 divisions of Western Rly.Seven thousand food packetswere provided by IRCTCthrough its base kitchens atMumbai Central &Ahmedabad & distributed on2nd May, 2020 in coordinationwith W. Rly's Commercial &RPF departments, State Govt& BMC in Mumbai andvolunteers teams of RPF &

District Magistrate office inAhmedabad. These foodpackets have beendistributed to the mosthelpless & needy persons inthe nearby areas of MumbaiCentral & Ahmedabad railwaystations. Including thesepackets, total 13,050 foodpackets were distributed in asingle day on 2nd May, 2020over all 6 divisions of WesternRly. 70 Ration Kits providedby Chitrakut Dham Trust ofTalgajarda were distributedby Mahuva Railway Staff toneedy and poor persons atMahuva station . 310 mealpackets distributed by Rajkotdivision at Jamnagar,Surendra Nagar, Wankanerand Hapa with the help of SaiSeva Trust , Jalaram SevaTrust and Reliance IndustriesLtd. 205 food packets weredistributed at differentstations over Ratlam division.200 home made masksprepared and distributed byStation Master Vagadiya tovillagers Jain Sangh of Vapidistributed 50 food packetsto housekeeping staff, parcelloaders and on duty staff atVapi station.

Jaadu ki Jhappis to stay warm in the cold?That's what Anshuman Jha and Tara Alisha

Berry did for their scenes in Mastram

All those times we've seenactors' bare chest in themiddle of snowcappedmountains, wooing theirleading ladies in chiffon cladsarees - we've alwaysimagined them to be uberstylish and aspired to makesimilar videos on our travels.But what many don't realizeis the behind-the-scenetrauma with incessantchattering of teeth, cold chillsthat are bone deep and asense of discomfort thatnever makes it to the camera.

Such is the story of TaraAlisha Berry and AnshumanJha - the leads of the webseries Mastram, based on areal-life writer in the 80s andhighlights how a wholegeneration was liberatedthrough his stories that weresold at railway station stalls,small roadside and pavementshops in North India throughthe 1980 - 90s. With thetemperature being at minusfive degrees, the actors hadto shoot a sensual scene inthe chilly mountains of Manaliand Anshuman shared anaccount of that shot saying,"Our schedule in Manali wasquite a rollercoaster ride. Itwas an adventure", he

laughs. "The scene whereTara and me get intimate wasshot on a day when it was -°C and that too by a lake.Speaking the lines normallywithout our lips shivering wasa task. So, after every shotwe would run inside ablanket. But we soonrealized after the first twotakes that it's better toremain in the huggingposture as it kept us warm,instead of running in and outof the blanket. Thank God forour friendship. Sometimes,you need to turn everypossible distraction intoaction and on this occasion,nature helped us to build inthe chemistry."'Mastram'features 10 masale daarstories of passion thatintertwines with turbulentday-to-day scenarios fromthe real life of Mastram - thequintessential writer of thisera who spoke the lingo ofthe Hindi heartland - literally!Along with Anshuman Jha &Tara Alisha Berry, the seriesalso stars an ensemble castwith Aakash Dabhade, RaniChatterjee, Jagat Rawat,Kenisha Awasthi, GarimaJain, Isha Chabbra and AabhaPaul in key roles. (19-8)

Rani Chatterjee shot a scene for‘Mastram’ in minus degrees!

They believe an actor’s lifeis all about glamour andluxury, but behind the scenes– there’ve been many a timeswhen your favorite artisteshave to go above and beyondtheir basic acting skills.Onesuch story is when filmingunder extreme conditions,beauty queen Srideviwore asilk saree and danced on iceduring the film Chandni. Andrecently, the sensational RaniChatterjee, for her stint in theweb series Mastram, tookinspiration from the legendherself and filmed in -5degrees wearing only alehenga /chaniya choli!

Mastram - thequintessential writer of the80s whospoke the lingo of theHindi heartland – literally,brings viewers 10masaledaarstories of passion thatintertwines with turbulentday-to-day scenarios from hisreal life. His stories were theonly guide required tograduate from boys to men.Featuring in Ep 1 andelaborating on an anecdotewhilst shooting for the same,Rani shared saying, “We werefilming in Manali and mycharacter was designed in amanner where it wasnecessary for me to wear a

chaniya choli. This obviouslymade it difficult toincorporate thermals. Ourdirector, to pump me upstarted narrating the story ofChandni and how Sridevijigave it her all - especially thescene where she had to shooton ice in a saree. I’ve alwaysbeen a fan and despite thefact that I was freezing, Itried to give the shot mybest.” The series stars anensemble cast withAnshuman Jha, Tara AlishaBerry, Aakash Dabhade, RaniChatterjee, Jagat Rawat,Kenisha Awasthi, GarimaJain, Isha Chabbra and AabhaPaul in key roles. (19-8)

Reliance Jio COVID-19 symptoms checkersecurity flaw exposed user data

Reliance Jio has beencontributing to the currentCoronavirus situation with anumber of solutions for theusers, with one of them beingthe COVID-19 symptomschecker functionality for usersto know whether or not theycan catch the virus. However,this functionality has asecurity flaw that exposedusers' data online. Read onto know what happened. Jio

Coronavirus symptomschecker exposed users dataAccording to a report byTechCrunch, Jio's Coronavirussymptoms checker tool faceda security lapse in one of itskey databases due to whichmillions of user data was leftexposed on the internet. Thenews came to light via thesecurity researcher AnuragSen who contactedTechCrunch for the same.