Hydropower risk & climate fallout: A fresh look at the Nepal–Tibet deluge highlights how glacier instability and extreme rain are turning hydropower into a dilemma, with hydropower workers among those missing and costs likely to rise for projects already under way or planned. Disaster damage in numbers: Nepal’s Bhotekoshi flood response reports about 7,570 households affected (around 32,933 people), with damage to 48 government offices, 55 km of roads, 37 motorable bridges, 68 suspension bridges, 13 hydropower projects, and 783 MW of affected hydropower capacity. Rescue breakthrough: After 10 days, a Chinese national was pulled alive from the Upper Trishuli-1 tunnel, while earlier tunnel rescues kept hopes alive as search continues. Regional policy push: Nepal used a South Asia parliamentary forum in Bhutan to call for stronger regional cooperation, climate-resilient infrastructure, and better links between renewable energy and hydropower markets. Bhutan health milestone: WHO validated Bhutan’s elimination of dog-transmitted human rabies as a public health problem, the first in South-East Asia, credited to a One Health approach. GMC housing tender: Gelephu Mindfulness City Authority invited bids for a 256-unit housing project under a DBO model to house relocated families, with land leased by GMCA and a 30-year concession. Local business & jobs: A Sangarmal land auction in Srinagar fetched Rs 421.75 crore, led by a consortium backed by hotelier Mushtaq Chaya, promising a major commercial hub and jobs. Education hiring squeeze: Bhutanese B.Ed Primary Dzongkha graduates face uncertainty as only 10 vacancies were announced for this year’s civil service exam. Food systems summit: Bhutan hosted a Global Conscious Food Systems Summit, with UNDP and partners pushing “mindful” food systems to tackle agro woes, soil stress, and climate-linked shocks.