- Welcome back to Washingtonfor this CBN Newsbreak.

As India's lockdown isset to expire Sunday,

the country's seeing aspike in COVID-19 cases.

Unemployment has soared to 27%,

putting pressure on the government there

to ease up on its restrictions.

During the lockdowns,

the Calvary Temple megachurch in Hyderabad

donated 700 tons of food and medicine

to help the poor and needy,including 30,000 families.

Founder and pastor SatishKumar also lead his church

to serve 2.5 million meals and counting.

Essential groceries aredistributed in carton boxes.

Each kit allows a family offour to have three square meals.