Tesla’s Elon Musk has spoken out in favour of India having a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), calling the current situation "absurd
The vote in the UNGA Tuesday came days after the 15-nation UN Security Council failed to adopt a resolution on the Israel-Hamas conflict that would have demanded an immediate humanitarian ceasefire after permanent member the United States vetoed the text
India's decision to break ranks with the global south and abstain from the vote was guided by the absence from the Jordan-initiated resolution of any condemnation of Hamas and its October 7 attack on Israel