• Noted Rajasthani folk musician Sakar Khan, an exponent of the melodious bow and string instrument Kamaicha, passed away in Jaisalmer on 10 August 2013. 

• Usain Bolt won 100 metre sprint title at the 14th IAAF World Championships 2013.

• India on 12 August 2013 launched its first ever indigenously designed and built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant in Kochi. As per the ship launching tradition, the ship was launched by Elizabeth Antony, the wife of Defence Minister, A.K.Antony.

• Delhi state government conferred Lifetime Achievement Award-2013 to two veteran artists, Abdul Rashid Khan and Anjolie Ela Menon. They were given awards for their contribution in the field of music and visual arts.

• Sagarika Ghosh won the Cadet Girls singles title at the Guatemala Junior and Cadet Open Table Tennis championships.

• Colin Michael Foale, the First British to Perform a Space Walk, Retired from NASA.

• Serena Williams Defeated Sorana Cirstea to Win Women's Rogers Cup 2013.With this, she captured her 54th WTA singles title. The Rogers Cup was held at Rexall Centre, Toronto.This was the third Rogers Cup victory for Serena Williams.

• The Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), on 10 August 2013, operationalised the largest blast furnace of India, called Durga, at the SAIL Rourkela Steel Plant.