- Bhullar’s plea for death commutation to life term was dismissed by Supreme Court of India on 12 April 2013.
- Electronics Project Proposal System (e-PPS) was launched by Kapil Sibal. This system would ease the process of funding the R&D projects.
- President’s Rule was imposed on Jharkhand after the Union Cabinet approved its imposition.
- The International Monetary Fund announced that it recognised Somalia’s new government after a 22-year gap in relations with the country.
- Manmohan Singh visited Germany from 10 April 2013 to 12 April 2013 for participating in second round of Inter Governmental Consultations with Germany.
- Agreement for Regulation defining the structure, functions and procedure of the Joint Commission signed between Russia and India in Moscow on 10 April 2013.
- A German shipyard on 5 April 2013 launched Azzam, the world’s largest private yacht, overshadowing the previous record holder Eclipse.
- India and Singapore signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on bilateral air services arrangement.
- Iran, North Korea and Syria have blocked the adoption of a UN arms trade treaty which is supposed to regulate the 70-billion dollars conventional arms trade around the world.
- Hockey India named South African Gregg Clark as the chief coach of the junior men’s national team.
- Indian women won the Bangladesh Women Tour to India 2012/13 ODI cricket series against Bangladesh Women by 3-0.
- National Rifle Association of India elected Raninder Singh as President and D.V.S. Rao as the new Secretary General.
- World Number one Novak Djokovic won the ATP Dubai Open Tennis title 2013.
- The Lalit Suri Hospitality Group was conferred with the National Award for Excellence in Hospitality Education 2011-12 .
- Rajasthani author Hariram Meena was selected for the Bihari Puraskar for 2012 for Hindi novel Dhooni Tape Teer. The novel was published in 2008.
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