- Golden Globe Awards 2013: Argo Won Best Picture and Best Director Award.
- India reported zero fresh cases of polio in 2012 and this is the second year in a row that no fresh cases of Polio has been discovered.
- Simon Taufel would become the first umpire to deliver, the MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture scheduled to be delivered on 24 July 2013.
- President gave his assent to Prevention of Money Laundering (Amendment) Bill and Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2012 to make it the law of land.
- The Government of India on 11 January 2013 approved 14 FDI proposals which is said to be about 1311 crore rupees including that of Hindustan Port Ltd.
- Microsoft to shut down Windows Live Messenger Service from
15 March 2013.
- Malala Yousafzai, the schoolgirl from Pakistan shot by Taliban received France's Simone de Beauvoir Prize for Women's Freedom in Paris on 9 Jan 2013.
- The Union Cabinet on 10 January 2013 approved the Ministry of Rural Development’s proposal to increase the unit cost under Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY), keeping under
- consideration the sharp increase in the cost of materials.
- Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir on 10 January 2013 set up a Special Bench of Justices of A.K. Patnaik and Gyan Sudha Misra to hear cases of crime against women.
- GAIL India announced successful commissioning of 5 million tonne capacity Dabhol LNG terminal on 10 January 2013 at Ratnagiri in Maharashtra.
- Renault Duster was awarded the Car of the Year Award 2013 by the automotive magazine Autocar India on 9 January 2013 in Mumbai.
- Barrack Obama, signed into law the Former Presidents Protection Act of 2012 which extends life-time protection to the former American presidents and family.
- The Union Cabinet on 10 January 2013 approved a proposal of infusing 12517 crores rupees in public sector banks so that bank could enhance the lending activity and meet the capital adequacy norms.
- Chandrakanta Rawat, the 37-year-old Uttrakhand woman became the first complete body donor in January 2013 at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
- The Union Government on 10 January 2013 approved 10 per cent stake sale in Engineers India Ltd (EIL), which is supposed to bring back a sum of around 800 crore Rupees to the government.
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