-Delhi emerged as worst place in terms of key parameters of environment in the Environmental Performance Index (EPI).Delhi was ranked at number 32.
-Sugata Mitra was awarded the million-dollar TED Prize for pursuing his idea for building the schools in the Internet.
-Anupam Kher, the veteran Bollywood actor was awarded with the City Proclamation Award in Los Angeles.
-The Government of Japan nominated Haruhiko Kuroda for the designation of next governor of the Central Bank of the country.
-Vishwaroop, the CEO, NTPC SAIL Power Company (NSPCL) was conferred with the Exemplary Leader Award in Mumbai.
-The Surrey Space Centre (SSC) of the University of Surrey announced that STRaND-1, a nano-satellite carrying a smartphone was launched successfully into space from India. With this launch, India became the first country to successfully launch the first smartphone of the world.
-Delhi became the first state in India to ban the manual scavenging.
-Park Geun-hye sworn-in as the first woman President of South Korea
-Researchers from Norway, South Africa, Britain and Germany discovered a small continent called Mauritia beneath the Indian Ocean.
-Jelena Jankovic, the former world no. 1 won the WTA Copa Claro Colsanitas Cup 2013 in Bogota,
-Life of Pi won maximum Oscars (four awards)
-Hari Shankar Singhania, the leading industrialist died at the age of 79 years. Hari Shankar Singhania was a Padma Bhushan awardee (in 2003).
-India's Sania Mirza and her American partner Bethanie-Mattek Sands won the Dubai Tennis Championship
-The Union Cabinet of India approved merger of Bharat Heavy Plate & Vessels Ltd. (BHPV) with Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)
-Ratan Tata, the former head of Tata Group was awarded the life time achievement award 2012 by Ernst & Young
-The Reserve Bank of India on 22 February 2013 released the Guidelines for Licensing of New Banks in the Private Sector.
-National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) tied up a term loan