CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -NITI Aayog, National Institution for Transforming India, Government of India.

Detailed explanation-2: -On 1 January 2015, a Cabinet resolution was passed to replace the Planning Commission with the newly formed NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India).

Detailed explanation-3: -The full form of NITI in NITI Aayog is National Institution for Transforming India. It replaced the Planning Commission in 2015.

Detailed explanation-4: -Shri Parameswaran Iyer Mr Parameswaran Iyer is the Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog. He is a member of the Indian Administrative Service, Uttar Pradesh Cadre, 1981 batch.

Detailed explanation-5: -NiTi alloys offer major advantages over conventional stainless steel endodontic files due to properties such as flexibility, elasticity, and improved resistance to cyclic fatigue. Also, NiTi has been applied in other fields, such as orthodontics, for orthodontic wire, and for implantable biomaterials in medicine.