Viashnavi Shukla is a Journalist with Hindustan Times, covering world affairs, geopolitics, and defense. Her work focuses mainly on global conflicts, where she closely follows major geopolitical developments, military affairs, diplomatic relations, and emerging security challenges across regions. Her reporting focuses on delivering accurate, context-driven analysis of complex international events to a global audience through video explainers.

Before joining Hindustan Times, Vaishnavi worked with CNN-News18 and WION, where she extensively covered geopolitical developments, armed conflicts, strategic affairs, and foreign policy. Over the course of her career, she has reported on some of the world's most significant international crises, including the Gaza-Israel war and the Iran-Israel war and many more. She has produced breaking news coverage, in-depth explainers, and multimedia stories that simplify complex global issues without compromising on accuracy.

In addition to reporting, Vaishnavi has editorial expertise in news writing, script development, headline creation, digital storytelling and fact-checking.

Vaishnavi holds a postgraduate diploma in Journalism from Asian College of Journalism in Chennai and is committed to producing credible, impactful journalism that helps audiences better understand an increasingly interconnected and rapidly evolving world.

When not working, Vaishnavi is busy catching up on TV shows and movies her friends can’t stop talking about.