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Important Days  Constitution Day  Constitution Day, also known as 'Samvidhan Divas', is celebrated in our country on 26th November every year since 2015 to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution of India.  On 26th November 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted the Constitution of India, which came into effect from 26th January 1950. About the Constitution of India The framing of the Constitution took over 2 years, 11 months and 17 days. There were 299 members in the Constituent Assembly and 15 were women and when the constitution was adopted in 1949, 284 members finally signed it. During this period, it held 11 sessions covering 165 days, and its members submitted around 7,600 amendments to the draft Constitution. Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the chairman of the Constituent Assembly. Dr BR Ambedkar was the chairman of the Drafting Committee of India's Constitution. He is known as the "Father of the constitution". Originally, the Indian Constitution had a total of 395 articles (divided into 22 parts) and 8 schedules. Women in drafting of Constitution  15 women were the members of the Constituent Assembly that contributed in the making of the constitution.  One of them is Dakshayini Velayudhan, who belonged to a marginalised community and made important interventions to protect the rights of the oppressed classes. Durgabai Deshmukh, Hansa Mehta, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, Sarojini Naidu, Vijay Lakshmi Pandit and the other women members had contributed significantly on topics related to women. International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is observed on November 25, every year to pay tribute to the Mirabal sisters, the Dominican Republic activists who were murdered at the order of Rafael Trujilllo in 1960. In 1993, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution for the Elimination of…

Ukrainian weight lifter Oleksiy Torokhity was stripped of his 2012 Olympic gold medal for doping, the International Olympic committee announced. The 33-year-old, who triumphed in the 105kg division, was disqualified after a re-analysis of his urine sample revealed a positive test for testosterone. Torokhity has been banned for two years. At the 2012 event, Iran’s Navab Nasirshelal had take silver with Poland’s Bartlomiej Bonk winning bronze.

Stokes is only the fifth cricketer, and the first since Andrew Flint off in 2005, to have received the honour since it began in 1954. The award, announced, 15 December, is part of BBC's annual sporting awards, and celebrates the best of British sport, with the public voting on shortlisted candidates. The men's one-day team were declared Team of the Year for their World Cup win, while the victory itself was voted Greatest Sporting Moment of 2019.