Karbi Anglong (Assam), August 23
An earthquake of magnitude 2.7 jolted Assam’s Karbi Anglong on Saturday, according to the National Center for Seismology (NCS).
The earthquake occurred at 10:38 am with a depth of 10 kilometres. “EQ of M: 2.7, On: 23/08/2025 10:30:48 IST, Lat: 26.44 N, Long: 93.22 E, Depth: 10 Km, Location: Karbi Anglong, Assam,” the ‘X’ post said.
Earlier on August 21, an earthquake of magnitude 3.5 struck Jammu and Kashmir’s (J-K) Kupwara district. This earthquake occurred at 01:39 PM, with a depth of 5 kilometres.
Meanwhile, two earthquakes jolted Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba on Wednesday.The latest earthquake was of 4.0 magnitude on the Richter Scale at 04:39:45 IST, with a depth of 10 Kilometres.
“EQ of M: 4.0, On: 20/08/2025 04:39:45 IST, Lat: 32.71 N, Long: 76.11 E, Depth: 10 Km, Location: Chamba, Himachal Pradesh,” the NCS posted on X.Another earthquake of magnitude 3.3 struck Chamba at 03:27:09 IST with a depth of 20 Kilometres.
“EQ of M: 3.3, On: 20/08/2025 03:27:09 IST, Lat: 32.87 N, Long: 76.09 E, Depth: 20 Km, Location: Chamba, Himachal Pradesh,” NCS said in another post on X. (ANI)
In February of this year, Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw met with Sam Altman and discussed India’s strategy of creating the entire AI stack – GPUs, model, and apps.
The minister wrote on X that Altman was willing to collaborate with India on all three. The minister further said that the OpenAI CEO appreciated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of democratising technology.
During the meeting, which had many startups in the audience, Vaishnaw requested the startup community to come up with unique solutions.
The Minister shared a clip of his interaction with Altman and the Startup group. In the video the minister said, “We are very soon starting a kind of open competition (for AI).”
