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Monita Rajpal (born February 19, 1974 in Hong Kong) is a Canadian CNN International news anchor, based at the network's London office.
Monita Rajpal was born in Hong Kong and is of Indian origin. She spent most of her childhood in Hong Kong before emigrating to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In addition to English, she speaks conversational Cantonese, French and Punjabi.
In 1996, Rajpal obtained a B.A.A. (Bachelor of Applied Arts) degree in Radio and Television Arts from Ryerson Polytechnic University (now Ryerson University) in Toronto, before moving into television journalism and anchoring on Toronto's Pulse24 news channel. She joined CNN in Atlanta in 2001, before moving to their London news centre in 2004. Rajpal's primary position at CNN in London is hosting CNN Today with Max Foster. She has hosted other CNN programmes such as Design 360 and Global Challenges and hosted a monthly feature show Art of Life which is now cancelled.
Rajpal has resided in London since the end of 2004. She is a CNN news anchor on ‘World News’, a live, daily half-hour round-up of international news headlines. She also hosted ‘Art of Life’, CNN’s luxury lifestyle feature show.
Since joining CNN in 2001, Rajpal has anchored many leading global and breaking news stories. In 2007, Rajpal interviewed former Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev, former Vice President Al Gore and the former Pakistani Prime Minister Benzir Bhutto, along with reporting on Tony Blair’s departure from government. In 2008 and 2009, Rajpal hosted and reported on CNN's "Luxury Week", a series of reports on the luxury industry and the economic downturn where she interviewed CEOs of top brands such as Buglari, Chopard, and Cartier. Rajpal has also reported live on numerous occasions, including live transmissions from Delhi, India for CNN Today and hosted a CNN special "CNN Connects", an hour long programme on India’s Generation Next. She also reported live from the Live Earth concert held at Wembley Stadium.
