Here are the top developments from India and around the world— 1 NATION India has least COVID cases at 5 lakh tests mark among major countries, said PM Modi on Friday. No new Covid-19 case in 80 districts in last 14 days, says government. A total of 4,748 people have been cured of coronavirus in India so far, taking the recovery rate to 20.57 per cent, said the Union health ministry. COVID-19 situation especially serious in Ahmedabad, Surat, Thane, Hyderabad, Chennai, says ministry of home affairs (MHA). Centre sends 4 interministerial teams to Gujarat, Telangana, Tamil Nadu. On April 20, the government had constituted six IMCTs. Two teams each were set up for West Bengal and Maharashtra, one each for Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. COVID-19 outbreak under control, sans lockdown India would have around 1 lakh cases by now, says government. Congress leader Shashi Tharoor slammed government over 'faulty' rapid test kits from China, calls for indigenous production. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said it was "insensitive and inhumane" of government to cut the Dearness Allowance (DA) and instead the government should shelve the bullet train and Central Vista redevelopment projects. With the coronavirus crisis bringing global aviation industry to a halt, as many as 29.32 lakh jobs are likely to be at risk in India's aviation sector during the year 2020, according to International Air Transport Association (IATA). International passenger capacity for India reduced by 89 per cent in April due to COVID-19. 4 crore users may be without mobile phones by May-end if curbs not lifted, said India Cellular & Electronics Association (ICEA). 2 STATES Complete shutdown from Sunday in Chennai, Coimbatore & Madurai for 4 days; Salem & Tirupur for 3 days, announced Tamil Nadu government. Tamil Nadu has relaxed certain activities, including work under MGNREGA and construction activities in rural areas, in coronavirus non-containment zones across the state. The Maharashtra government has amended its revised lockdown guidelines to allow carrying out of pre- monsoon-related works in Mumbai, Pune and Pimpri- Chinchwad. The number of COVID-19 patients in Ahmedabad may grow to eight lakh by the end of May if the current four-day period of doubling of such cases continues, an official said on Friday. Centre has allowed Maharashtra to conduct pool testing of samples of suspected coronavirus patients and also gave its nod for using plasma therapy in COVID-19 treatment. The central team visiting Kolkata wrote to state government seeking a detailed report on functioning of the coronavirus death audit committee and a meeting with its members. Punjab CM Amarinder Singh asked defence minister Rajnath Singh to allow retired defence personnel to travel home. Kerala government issued order on six days salary cut for next five months for govt employees. Aurangabad: Upset over a trader offering one- sixth of the market price for his produce, a farmer in Osmanabad district has razed his entire one-acre cabbage crop. The bodies of two suspected COVID-19 patients were left unattended for several hours, one of them for nearly 20 hours, in the isolation ward of a civic-run hospital in Andheri, Mumbai. 3 WORLD Total cases: 2,708,885; total deaths: 190,858; total recovered: 738,486; active cases: 1,779,541, as of Friday evening. The US death toll from the novel coronavirus reached 50,000 on Friday, having doubled in 10 days, according to a Reuters tally. More than 875,000 Americans have contracted the infection. World leaders to launch WHO COVID-19 plan, but the United States of America won't take part. Muslims begin marking a subdued Ramadan under virus closures across the world. Belgium will not use coronavirus contact tracing apps. Tracing people by using location data would violate tight privacy laws in the European Union. Sri Lanka to seek $400 mn debt swap facility from RBI to meet short term financial needs. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said China has caused a "huge challenge" for the world economy by not sharing the information they had and the ruling Communist Party "will pay a price" for it. Bangladesh on Friday banned Iftar gatherings during the holy month of Ramzan. US Prez Trump suggested injecting disinfectants, bringing UV light 'inside the body' to kill coronavirus. His statement drew immediate flak from American health experts who urged people not to listen to such "dangerous" advice. Britain's Prince Charles on Friday launched a new COVID-19 emergency appeal fund for India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in his role as the Royal Founding Patron of the British Asian Trust. Italy will ease its lockdown, the toughest and longest in Europe, over the next four weeks. At least 25,500 people have died of the virus in Italy, the world's second-highest death toll. Spain saw 367 people die of novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours for the lowest daily number of deaths in four weeks. The Saudi-led coalition on Friday said it was extending a unilateral ceasefire in Yemen by one month . A two-week ceasefire had expired on Thursday without leading to a permanent truce.

NEW DELHI: As India completes a month in lockdown, few states eased certain restrictions in less affected districts in an effort to restart economic activity in phases. However, the country witnessed a record jump of 1,752 cases bringing the total to 23,452 cases with the death toll at 723 including the 37 fatalities reported since Thursday evening. Meanwhile, Muslims across the world welcomed the holy month of Ramazan in a subdued manner.