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Public Outreach Activities Due to the lockdown that followed the unfortunate situation of COVID - 19 pandemic, IUCAASciPOP team organised and conducted many activities online to keep the public engaged. Following are the details of the outreach activities: AstronomyCrosswords Starting mid-April 2020 to the first-week of May 2020, themed Astronomy Crosswords in English and Marathi were designed and shared with general public once a week, on different social platforms like Facebook, Twitter, andWhatsApp. The activity received a wonderful response, especially from students and teachers across the country. Some research scholars as well as a few teachers from IUCAA helped in creating Hindi crosswords for Hindi medium students too. The activity was designed and coordinated by Sonal Thorve (IUCAA). Storywith a ScienceToy A series of stories of 20 scientists, each story followed by a simple toy explaining some related science concept to the storywas published duringApril - June 2020. The toys and experiments have chosen used the household material. The series was specially designed for primary school students. It received wonderful responses from such students, sharing the videos and pictures of experiments performed. The activity was designed and coordinated by Shivani Pethe (IUCAA). No. 123 - July 2020 6