1. 12 NATO countries agreed to create a permanent organization to protect America and Europe. These countries agreed to create a permanent organization on May 18, 1950.
2. Facebook Inc. started trading in NASDAQ on May 18, 2012. It is a social networking company.
3. World Telecommunication and Information Society Day is celebrated on 17th of May every year. This day is celebrated for the purpose of spreading awareness among the people about the benefits of information and communication technology.
4. The founder of Sulabh International, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak was honored with the Nikkei Asia Prize in Japan for his contribution to Asia’s development.
5. Russia unveiled world’s first floating nuclear power station at the port city of Murmansk. It will be loaded with nuclear fuel.
6. President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Mumbai-based sculptor Uttam Pacharne the chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi.
7. The Supreme Court has ordered the Central government to implement its draft Cauvery Management Scheme after finding it in consonance with its February 16 judgment. The court also found the draft scheme in conformity with Section 6A of the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act.
8. The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) in collaboration with a private company has developed a new device- ‘Arsenic Sensor and Removal Media- which can be used to detect and remove arsenic content from water and make it safe and usable by households.
9. Prajnesh Gunneswaran won the prestigious T.K. Ramanathan award for the year 2017-18 at the Tamil Nadu Tennis Association (TNTA) annual day function at the SDAT tennis stadium. He received a cash prize of Rs. 30,000.
10. The Anti Terrorism Day is observed on 21 May every year in our country to make the people aware of the anti-social act of terrorism and its impact on human suffering and lives. The official announcement of National Anti Terrorism Day was made after the assassination of India's seventh Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on 21 May 1991.
11. Asian, Arab, and women filmmakers scored big at the closing ceremony of the 71st Cannes Film Festival, while Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda took home the top prize -- the Palme d'Or. Kore-eda, in the festival's main competition for the fifth time, won the Palme d'Or for 'Manbiki Kazoku' (Shoplifters).
12. The Himachal Pradesh government will spend 25 crore rupees on renovating and developing the historic British Raj 'Bantony Castle Estate as a major tourist attraction.
