Receptionists at work at Novartis India

Receptionists at work at Novartis India in Mumbai on Monday. PTI Photo

Finance Minister P Chidambaram, left, poses with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during his courtesy call at Abe's official residence in Tokyo Monday, April 1, 2013. Chidambaram arrived in Japan Monday for a three-day visit. AP/PTI

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh greets Vice President Hamid Ansari on his birthday in New Delhi on Monday. Ansari's wife Salma and Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur are also seen. PTI Photo

Masala market in Navi Mumbai remains closed as truck operators observe strike on Monday. PTI Photo

Army Chief General Bikram Singh shakes hands with Bangladesh Army Chief General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan at a meeting in New Delhi on Monday. PTI Photo

Astronaut Sunita Williams shows a picture (space pix) to students and teachers at the National Science Centre (NSC) in New Delhi on Monday. PTI Photo

Pope Francis holds a San Lorenzo's jersey, the Buenos Aires soccer team, handed to him by a faithful at the end of the Easter mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, March 31, 2013. Pope Francis made an Easter Sunday peace plea, saying conflicts have lasted too long in Syria, and between Israelis and Palestinians. AP/PTI

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un raises his hand with other officials to adopt a statement during a plenary meeting of the central committee of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea. After weeks of war-like rhetoric, the North Korean leader gathered legislators Monday, April 1, 2013 for an annual spring parliamentary session taking place one day after top party officials adopted a statement declaring building nuclear weapons and the economy the nation's top priorities. AP/PTI