Current Affairs Today Headline- 18 May 2022

Find here Today's Current Affairs News Headlines by Jagran Josh for 18 May 2022.

May 18, 2022, 11:02 IST

India reports 1,829 fresh cases, 2,549 recoveries, and 33 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Indian delegation including R Madhavan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui led by I&B Minister Anurag Thakur attend Cannes 2022 Red Carpet.
Chemical & Fertilizer Ministry has constituted Joint task force for identifying critical chemicals to be produced in the country under chairmanship of Srivari Chandrashekar Secretary, Department of Science & Technology.
UP govt accepts proposal to exclude new Madrasas from grant list in a cabinet decision on May 17.
Rajasthani singer Mame Khan scripts history, becomes first folk artist to open Cannes Red Carpet for India.
Indian Army launches rescue operations in flood-hit Assam's Cachar.
Court grants two more days to submit report on Gyanvapi mosque survey, removes commissioner Ajay Kumar Mishra.

Cannes Film Festival 2022 opened with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky's virtual address to world cinema.
Finland and Sweden will submit their bids to join NATO together on May 18, despite Turkey's threat to block the military alliance's expansion.
Germany to 'intensify' military cooperation with Sweden, Finland amid NATO bid, said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
US eases some sanctions on Venezuela to encourage political talks, according to an official.
NASA's InSight Lander to retire this summer as accumulated dust on its solar panels saps its power.
Pollution caused some 9 million people to die prematurely in 2019, according to a new global report.
Billionaire Elon Musk said his purchase of Twitter would not go ahead unless he was given assurances on the bots that he says plague the platform.
The International Criminal Court sent a 42-member team to Ukraine on May 17 to probe alleged war crimes since the Russian invasion.

Jasprit Bumrah becomes first Indian pacer to take 250 T20 wickets.
Ravi Dahiya, Bajrang Punia among six wrestlers selected to represent country in CWG 2022.
PM Modi to host Indian Deaflympics 2021 contingent on May 21.
World number two Daniil Medvedev lost at the Geneva Open in his first match after a hernia operation, leaving him short of practice ahead of next week's French Open.
Life ban is imposed on wrestler Satender Malik by the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) after he thrashed referee Jagbir Singh.