http://www2.ess.ucla.edu/~yin/05-Publications/papers/091-Yin-2006-ESR.pdf

Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Himalayan orogen as constrained by along-strike variation of structural geometry, exhumation history, and foreland sedimentation

The origin and pre-Cenozoic evolution of the Tibetan Plateau

https://www.adelaide.edu.au/directory/alan.collins?dsn=directory.file;field=data;id=2241;m=view

Amalgamating eastern Gondwana: The evolution of the Circum-Indian Orogens

Timing of the collision between India and Asia is the key boundary condition in all models for the evolution of the Himalaya-Tibetan orogenic system. Thus it profoundly affects the interpretation of the rates of a multitude of associated geological processes ranging from Tibetan Plateau uplift through continental extrusion across eastern Asia, as well as our understanding of global climate change during the Cenozoic. Although an abrupt slowdown in the rate of convergence between India and Asia around 55 Ma is widely regarded as indicating the beginning of the collision, most of the effects attributed to this major tectonic episode do not occur until more than 20 Ma later. Refined estimates of the relative positions of India and Asia indicate that they were not close enough to one another to have collided at 55 Ma. On the basis of new field evidence from Tibet and a reassessment of published data we suggest that continent-continent collision began around the Eocene/Oligocene boundary (∼34 Ma) and propose an alternative explanation for events at 55 Ma.

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When and where did India and Asia collide

Late Jurassic–Cenozoic reconstructions of the Indonesian region and the Indian Ocean

The onset of India–Asia continental collision: Early, steep subduction required by the timing of UHP metamorphism in the western Himalaya

SHRIMP U–Pb in zircon geochronology of the Chor granitoid: evidence for Neoproterozoic magmatism in the Lesser Himalayan granite belt of NW India

Renaissance in acceptance of the Siddha system of medicine in all over India happened during the current scenario of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID–19) pandemic. The classical texts of Siddha medicine contain descriptions of the symptoms of COVID–19 as a syndrome like definition that may be correlated with KabaSuram. A 49-year-old female residing at New Delhi who got COVID-19 positive with comorbidity of hypothyroidism treated successfully using an integrative treatment plan (Siddha and Allopathic) as per Government-mandated COVID–19 treatment guidelines. The patient developed symptoms such as fever, sore throat, cold, cough with expectoration, difficulty in breathing, chest congestion, and body ache. Initially the patient took Western Medicine (WM) for five days but the symptoms did not subside. After five days an integrated treatment including Siddha medicine (Internal and external medicines) initiated at In Patient ward, Safdarjung Hospital. The health of the patient improved within 3 days and all her symptoms got relieved within 10 days. After completion of treatment, she tested reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and it was negative on 14th day. Another patient who was admitted with her got COVID–19 positive turned negative only after 30 days as she missed the integrative medicine by probability. The reported case had a prospective follow-up for six months and found to be free of post-COVID complications. Since, this case report based on a single case which shows a positive outcome is incapable of generalizing the conclusion. Further suitable clinical trials need to be conducted to assess its efficacy. The status of the summary is reported as per CAse REport (CARE) guidelines.

https://doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1953_21

R.M. Manickavasagam

Papers

The onset of India–Asia continental collision: Early, steep subduction required by the timing of UHP metamorphism in the western Himalaya

SHRIMP U–Pb in zircon geochronology of the Chor granitoid: evidence for Neoproterozoic magmatism in the Lesser Himalayan granite belt of NW India

Management of COVID - 19 with Siddha and Western Medicine – An Integrative Case Report