UPSC Current Affairs Quiz: 19 September 2026

The Ministry of Law and Justice announced the elevation of fourteen serving judicial officers, spread over four High Courts. The largest share went to Delhi, which took seven of them, two as Judges and five as Additional Judges.

The Ministry of Defence stated that the keel laying ceremony of the first ship of the Indian Navy's Next Generation Missile Vessel project was held at Cochin Shipyard Limited in Kochi on 18 September 2026, with Vice Admiral Sanjay Sadhu, Controller of Warship Production and Acquisition, as the Chief Guest.

Four figures travel together in this item and the question turns on keeping them apart.

At its twenty-first board meeting, held on 18 September 2026, the National Land Monetization Corporation considered and recommended proposals covering assets of that value.

The release is explicit on both halves: the power is one the Constitution confers on the President, and it is exercised after consultation with the Chief Justice of India.

The Ministry of Defence release states that the contract for construction of the NGMVs was concluded with Cochin Shipyard Limited in March 2023.

The placement of DDU-GKY under Rural Development rather than under Skill Development is the point worth fixing in memory, because the name contains the word Kaushalya and the obvious guess is therefore wrong.

NLMC does not simply buy and sell. It works alongside whichever body owns the property, identifying which assets are suitable, carrying out due diligence, arranging a valuation and then structuring the process, with transparency, efficiency and value realisation as its stated priorities.

Of those seven, two were appointed as Judges and the other five as Additional Judges, a split the release sets out separately and which is itself worth noting.

This is the sanctioned target for the fourteen States and Union Territories reviewed in the first phase, and it sits well above what actually starts in October 2026, which is 34,920 young people in 1,164 batches.

Alongside the monetisation proposals, the twenty-first board meeting cleared the Annual Financial Statements and the Directors' Report for that financial year.