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Mahrukh Inayet

Indian news editor

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMar 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ6734902
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Mahrukh Inayet is a journalist, news anchor, and a Managing Partner at Studio Talk, a media training, research, and production company. Her work as a journalist includes coverage of the Taj hotel attacks during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks for Times Now, a 24-hour Indian news channel.

Early life and education

Inayet was born and raised in Kashmir, India. She has a Master's degree in journalism from American University. In 2012, she completed the Georgetown Leadership Seminar at the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

Career

Her journalism career began during the September 11 attacks in the United States. She previously worked for National Geographic and Headlines Today before her work for Times Now in Mumbai. After the Mumbai 26/11 attacks, Mahrukh was in the field for nearly 62 hours. The Quint described her as reporting "at the centre of it all." She was praised in the Hindustan Times for doing "a fine job" during the crisis, as compared to other reporters.

Inayet also co-anchored the prime time news show The Newshour with the Times Now editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami.

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