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TNPSC Current Affairs - June 2018 by TNPSC Guru

1.7-Star Gram Panchayat Rainbow scheme. 

• Haryana Government has decided to give star ranking to village panchayats on the basis of seven social parameters under “7-Star Gram Panchayat Rainbow Scheme”.
• Haryana becomes the first state in India to give star ranking to village panchayats. 

2.Governor’s Rule in Jammu and Kashmir 

• President Ram Nath Kovind has given his nod for imposing Governor’s rule in Jammu & Kashmir after  BJP pulled out its support to PDP.
• J&K Governor NN Vohra  has forwarded his report to President under Section 92 of the constitution of Jammu & Kashmir to impose Governor’s rule in J&K.
• As per Indian Constitution under Article 356, President Rule is imposed in absence of an elected government.
• But in Jammu & Kashmir has its own constitution, as per the Article 92 of J&K it will impose Governor’s rule in absence of elected government for period of 6 months.
• If the elected Government is not elected within 6 months of period, then the provision of Article 356 of the Indian Constitution is extended to Jammu & Kashmir and President’s rule will be implemented.  

3.Surat Smart City Selected for ‘City Award’ 

The City Award has been given to Surat Smart City for showing great momentum in Implementation of Projects Under ‘India Smart Cities Award’ 2018.

4.4^th International Yoga Day 

The 4^th International Yoga Day has been celebrated across the world on 21^st June 2018. 

5.World refugee day – June 20 

• World Refugee days has been observed on June 20 across the world to raise awareness of the situation of the refugees.
• The theme of 2018 is “Now More Than Ever, We Need to Stand with Refugees.”

6.AR Rahman Brand Ambassador to Sikkim. 

Sikkim Government has appointed music composter AR RAhman as Brand Ambassdor the Sikkim state.

7.100^th Smart City.

Shillong in Meghalaya has selected as the 100^th smart city under the smart city mission.