After years of the COVID-19 pandemic, people have underscored the importance of physical touch for human beings. When the lockdowns were lifted and the vaccines closed the gaps of social distancing we were reminded of the power of a simple hug. Now science has confirmed a hug is good for you as the study states that physical touch including hugs can significantly improve both your mental and physical health.

Hug your way to better health

In a rare development, parents of newborn babies in Japan are sending bags of rice that weigh the same as their newborn babies to relatives who are unable to visit them due to the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.

Japanese parents are sending relatives rice bags in place of newborn babies to hug and bless

Friends will hug, pints will be pulled and swathes of the British economy will reopen on Monday, giving 65 million people a measure of freedom after the gloom of a four-month COVID-19 lockdown.

Free at last to hug and party: UK reopens for business 

A hug between cricketer Shahid Afridi and Pakistan Army spokesman Asif Ghafoor has left Twitterati wondering over the prospects of the former Pakistan cricket team captain becoming the country's next prime minister.

A hug that leads Pakistan Twitterati to wonder if Shahid Afridi is the next PM

'Starting to develop a much better relationship with Pakistan and its leaders,' Trump had tweeted on Saturday

Rahul takes another dig at PM Modi, this time over growing US-Pak relationship

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