1. Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh visited Germany from 10 April 2013 to 12 April 2013. He visited for participating in second round of Inter Governmental Consultations with Germany.
2. The Vice-President of India, Hamid Ansari visited Tajikistan from 14 April to 17 April 2013.
3. External Affairs Minister of India, Salman Khurshid visited Japan on 26-27 March, 2013 to co-chair the 7th annual India–Japan Strategic Dialogue with the Japanese Foreign Minister.
4. The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee visited Mauritius from 11 March 2013 to 13 March 2013. He was invited to be the chief guest at the 45th Independence Day celebrations of Mauritius.
5. The President of Egypt Mohamed Morsy visited India from 18 March 2013 to 20 March 2013.
6. Yash Chopra and Rajesh Khanna are to be honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Awards 2013.
7. Asha Bhosle will be honoured with the Phalke Ratna Award for the contributions made by her in the field of music for over a period of five decades.
8. Belgian Mathematician Pierre Deligne won the Abel prize 2013.
9. The New York Times won four Pulitzer Prizes, including the award for investigative reporting for stories that detailed how Wal-Mart used bribery to expand in Mexico.
10. Legendary actor, Pran Krishan Sikand was awarded with Bollywood’s highest honour in Indian Cinema Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2012.
11. Times of India Film Awards - 2013 ceremony took place in Vancouver, Canada. The top winner of the awards was Barfi. Which bagged the best film, best director (Anurag basu), best actor (Ranbir Kapoor) and best actress (Priyanka Chopra) trophies.
12. Takehiko Nakao was appointed as the President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He succeeded
Haruhiko Kuroda assignment as the Governor of the Bank of Japan.
13. Sunil Bharti Mittal appointed as the Vice-Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
14. Italy's Parliament re-elected Giorgio Napolitano to an unparalleled second term as president.
15. Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha, PJ Kurien was unanimously elected as the Chairman of Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD).
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