Reactjs: Unable to start development server using "npm start" - reactjs

Question

When i start the development server using npm start, i get the following error:
D:\react\app\app>npm start
> app#0.1.0 start D:\react\app\app
> react-scripts start
Starting the development server...
events.js:292
throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
^
Error: spawn cmd ENOENT
at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:267:19)
at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:469:16)
at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:84:21)
Emitted 'error' event on ChildProcess instance at:
at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:273:12)
at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:469:16)
at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:84:21)
{
errno: 'ENOENT',
code: 'ENOENT',
syscall: 'spawn cmd',
path: 'cmd',
spawnargs: [ '/s', '/c', 'start', '""', '/b', '"http://localhost:3000/"' ]
}
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! app#0.1.0 start: `react-scripts start`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the app#0.1.0 start script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm.
There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! C:\Users\Futuresoft\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2020-08-04T09_21_21_144Z-debug.log
React app package.json file
{
"name": "app",
"version": "0.1.0",
"private": true,
"dependencies": {
"#testing-library/jest-dom": "^4.2.4",
"#testing-library/react": "^9.5.0",
"#testing-library/user-event": "^7.2.1",
"react": "^16.13.1",
"react-dom": "^16.13.1",
"react-scripts": "3.4.1"
},
"scripts": {
"start": "react-scripts start",
"build": "react-scripts build",
"test": "react-scripts test",
"eject": "react-scripts eject"
},
"eslintConfig": {
"extends": "react-app"
},
"browserslist": {
"production": [
">0.2%",
"not dead",
"not op_mini all"
],
"development": [
"last 1 chrome version",
"last 1 firefox version",
"last 1 safari version"
]
}
}
I installed create-react-app globally using:
npm install -g create-react-app
Can anyone tell me what's causing this error?
I'm scratching my head from 3 days but unable to fix it. Please help.