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Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting on Tuesday said it has crossed the milestone of Rs 10,000 crore in overall sales in FY23, helped by 'significant growth' across geographies, brands, and categories. The domestic FMCG business grew 17 per cent for the financial year ended March 31, 2023, the company, part of Azim Premji-led Wipro Enterprises, said in a statement. Its sandalwood soap brand Santoor has now become the second largest player in the segment in India with sales of over Rs 2,650 crore. While female toiletries brand of Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting, Enchanteur, has also crossed 1,000 crore, it added. The company, which operates in FMCG and lighting products, had reported a revenue of Rs 8,634 crore for the financial year ended March 31, 2022. "FY23 was a special year with the FMCG India business growing at 17 per cent and Malaysia strengthening its No 1 position in personal care with strong growth of over 20 per cent. "Vietnam crossed the USD 100 million revenue mark wit
HCL founder Shiv Nadar topped as the most generous person in the country with an annual donation of Rs 1,161 crore, the EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2022 revealed on Thursday. Nadar, 77, has reclaimed the 'India's most generous' title with a donation of Rs 3 crore per day, according to the report. Wipro's Azim Premji, 77, slipped to the second position with an annual donation of Rs 484 crore after ruling at the top position for the last two consecutive years, it said. India's richest man Gautam Adani, 60, ranked seventh in Edelgive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2022, with a donation of Rs 190 crore. The report further revealed that in India a total of 15 individuals made an annual donation of over Rs 100 crore, 20 donated over Rs 50 crore and 43 over Rs 20 crore. A M Naik, 80, group chairman of Larsen and Toubro, who donated Rs 142 crore, is the country's most generous professional manager, the report stated. It further said that Nithin Kamath and Nikhil Kamath of Zerod
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the proceeding before a Bengaluru court against former Wipro chairman Azim Premji and others and called for a report from the trial judge. A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and MM Sundresh also asked advocate R Subramanian to tender an unconditional apology to Premji and others for instituting maze of frivolous litigation against them. The proceedings in pursuance topending before XXIII Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge & Special Judge (P.C. Act) Bengaluru are stayed, the bench said. It said, We consider the matter serious enough to call for a report from the Sessions Judge concerned in view of his having issued a summoning order predicated on the identity with criminal complaints and recording the same in the order noticing that the quash proceedings filed by the appellants have been dismissed but not noticing that this Court had stayed the proceedings in pursuance to those cases to state before us whether our order of stay ...