The US president made the comments after being asked to defend a retweet of a conservative commentator who seemed to question whether Muslims would be treated with the same severity as Christians who broke social distancing rules.
The home minister said that such events weaken India's fight against coronavirus and the administration needs to stay vigilant to avoid such incidents.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says Monday in a special report on the impact of the virus that the world economy is still expected to grow overall this year and rebound next year.
Police has arrested 85 people in the district in connection with the arson and violence that broke out here during protests against the amended citizenship law on December 20 last year.
The Union minister for petroleum and natural gas also appealed to the people of Odisha not to get carried away with the "misleading" campaign by the opposition parties against the CAA.
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In the latest picture shared by the actress, Radhika Apte can be seen wearing a combination of orange and black outfit. She attended the International Emmy Awards in New York.
The bypoll to the constituency will witness a four-cornered contest, with the BJP, Bahujan Samaj Party, Samajwadi Party and the Congress fielding their candidates.
People's Conference chairman and former BJP ally, Sajjad Lone, along with Imran Ansari was also taken into custody later on Monday evening.
The Vadodara airport has been closed since Wednesday and several trains passing through the city too have been cancelled or diverted due to heavy water-logging on tracks.
The pilot of a helicopter that attempted an emergency landing on the rooftop of a 51-storey building has been confirmed to be dead, while no casualties were reported from inside the building.
The 66-year-old BJP MP from North Goa, who was re-inducted in the Modi ministry in its second innings, said the country stands united in its fight against terrorism.
A magistrate court at Igatpuri while acquitting Thackeray on Wednesday said the prosecution failed to prove its case that the MNS chief instigated the incident.
The just-concluded Lok Sabha polls witnessed a heated verbal duel between Modi and Banerjee who spearheaded the campaigns of their parties in West Bengal.
Moily said the third front experiments in the past with smaller parties heading the government -- whether it was led by V P Singh or Charan Singh or Chandrashekhar -- have been failures.