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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's chief of staff resigned Sunday over the furore surrounding the appointment of Peter Mandelson as the UK ambassador to the US despite his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Morgan McSweeney said the decision to appoint Mandelson as ambassador to the US in 2024 was "wrong" that he takes "full responsibility" for advising Starmer to do so.
Hindustan Construction Company on Monday announced its managing director and chief executive Jaspreet Bhullar has quit with immediate effect. The company, however, did not disclose the reasons for the resignation. Bhullar sent his resignation letter to company chairman Ajit Gulabchand in the afternoon, and the same was accepted by the board later in the day, as per an exchange filing. "The Board ...has accepted his request for relieving him with effect from close of business hours of June 23, 2025," the filing said. Bhullar was appointed as the chief executive of the company in 2023 and given a five year term. He had joined the company from the Brookfield-run Multiplex Constructions India. The HCC scrip closed 1.02 per cent down at Rs 30.08 a piece on the BSE on Monday, as against a 0.62 per cent fall in the benchmark index.