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180.  Automated  UVC  currency  sanitising  device  that developed by Hyderabad based
               DRDO’s Research Centre Imarat (RCI) - NOTESCLEAN.

               181.  Theme  of  International  Nurses  Day  (12  May)  for  the  year  2020  – “Nurses:  A
               voice to lead - Nursing the World to Health”.

               182.  Principal  implementing agency (PIA) for development and extraction of coal bed
               methane  (CBM)  in  Bharat  Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL) and Eastern Coalfields Ltd  (ECL) -
                Central Mine Planning and Design Institute (CMPDI).


               183.  On 9th May 2020, NTPC Ltd has achieved 100 percent Plant Load Factor (PLF)
               at three of its thermal power stations which are situated in - Vindhyachal (MP), Talcher
               Kaniha (Odisha) & Sipat (Chhattisgarh).


               184.  As  per  data released by the Registrar General of India, this state has performed
               best with an infant mortality rate (IMR) in single  digits at 4 - Nagaland.


               185.  A  cutting  edge  Supercomputer  will  be  established  at  the  National  Institute  of
               Technology (NIT) Tiruchirappalli  as s part of - National Supercomputing  Mission.

               186.  Indian  institute  that  has  been  ranked  among  the  Top  50  global  schools  in  the
               Financial  Times  Executive  Education  2020  Rankings  - Indian  Institute  of
               Management, Bangalore (ranked 45th).

               187.  New  Secretary  in  the  Ministry  of  New  &  Renewable  Energy  - Indu  Shekhar
               Chaturvedi.
               188.  New Secretary in the Ministry of Culture - Anand Kumar.

               189.  The  first  indigenous  anti-SARS-CoV-2  human  IgG  ELISA  test  kit  for  antibody
               detection of COVID-19 developed by - National Institute of Virology, Pune.

               190.  International Nurses Day (IND) is observed on the birth anniversary of - Florence
               Nightingale.


               191.  International  Council  of  Nurses  (ICN)  –  Founded: 1899;  Headquarters: Geneva,
               Switzerland.

               192.  India’s National Supercomputing Mission (NSM), with the objective of connecting
               national Research and Development, and academic institutions with more than 70 high-
               end computing facilities, was announced  in - 2015.

               193.  Pokhran Tests - 11 May 1998.
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