| Welcome to the Evening Wrap newsletter, your guide to the day's biggest stories with concise analysis from The Hindu. We hope you are staying home and staying safe. Here are the big stories that you need to follow today: Supreme Court deadline for transporting migrant workers The Supreme Court today said it intended to give the Centre and states 15 days to transport migrant workers, who are stranded in various parts of the country, to their native places, suggesting that this process cannot go on indefinitely. The top court said it will pass the final order on migrant workers on June 9. "We can grant 15 days time so that all states get back with their demands for trains. This has been going on for very long now...There is a need to register all migrants, specifically state and district-wise. We need to know what kind of schemes are prevalent in the state," the Bench said. Covid treatment costs Separately, the Court also asked the government to respond as to whether Covid-19 patients who are not beneficiaries under the Ayushman Bharat scheme can be treated in private hospitals at the same subsidised rates as offered under the scheme.  A woman performs rituals during a prayer ceremony "to rid the world of coronavirus", on the banks of the river Brahmaputra in Guwahati on June 5, 2020. This case was being heard by a Bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad A. Bobde. Petitioner-advocate Sachin Jain argued that Covid-19 treatment costs only ₹4000 for an Ayushman Bharat beneficiary in a private hospital, while others have to shell out a minimum of ₹50,000 for treatment in the same hospital. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta argued that the Ayushman Bharat scheme was meant for an identifiable category drawn from the poorest of the poor sections of society. The scheme cannot cover every strata of society. The court also wondered why charitable hospitals reaping "huge profits" while operating on public land received at concessional rates cannot treat Covid-19 patients free of cost. Meanwhile, another virtual Bench led by Justice Ashok Bhushan issued notice on a petition filed by Avishek Goenka, who alleged that private hospitals were charging exorbitant amounts to treat Covid-19 patients. Bihar migrant workers start to go back Our correspondent in Bihar reports that migrant workers who returned to Bihar from Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat, Maharashtra and other places have started to go back to those States for employment. This comes despite Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's directive to officials to create job opportunities in the state for migrant workers. Local middlemen and contractors are said to have become active in these areas to lure migrants back to their work places with promises of higher payment than before. Finance Ministry preaches austerity Asking all ministries and departments not to initiate any new scheme in the current financial year, the Finance Ministry today said there is a need to use resources prudently in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis. Funds will be allocated only for schemes under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan package and the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan package, according to an office memorandum shared by the Department of Expenditure. Further, schemes that are already approved for the current financial year will remain suspended till March 31 next year, or till further orders. This would also include those schemes for which in-principle approval had been given by the Department. "It may be appreciated that in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, there is an unprecedented demand on public financial resources and a need to use resources prudently in accordance with emerging and changing priorities," the Expenditure Department said, adding that it has been receiving many new proposals for in-principle approval from various ministries and departments. New PLA commander on India border China has appointed a new Army General to oversee the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Ground Forces on the India border, amid ongoing tensions across the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The new appointment was publicly confirmed in a report on June 1, which identified Lieutenant General Xu Qiling as the new commander of the PLA Western Theater Command Ground Force, or Army. Another MLA resigns in Gujarat Another Congress MLA has resigned today, ahead of the crucial Rajya Sabha polls in Gujarat on June 19. Politics appeared to have taken a back seat as India navigated four phases of lockdown. But the developments in Gujarat seem to indicate that it is back to business. Our political correspondent Sandeep Phukan looks at this development in this analysis. Covid watch: Numbers and Developments The number of coronavirus cases in India stood at 2,34,025 at the time of publishing this newsletter, with the death toll at 6,574. Uttar Pradesh recorded its biggest single-day jump of 496 Covid-19 cases on Friday, taking the state's tally to 9,733, while 12 more people succumbed to the disease, a senior official said. Meanwhile, Union School Education Secretary Anita Karwal said that no date has been fixed for reopening schools. States will have to take their own decisions on this issue, and the Centre will not interfere, she added. One arrested in Kerala elephant incident In the horrific saga of a pregnant elephant dying after eating a pineapple stuffed with firecrackers, one person has been arrested, Kerala forest minister K Raju said today. The person in question used to carry out farming in the area around Ambalappara.  An injured 15-year-old pregnant wild elephant standing in Velliyar River moments before it died in Kerala's Palakkad district on May 27, 2020. Officials also believe that the fruit filled with explosives could have been kept as a trap to kill wild boars and pigs that destroy farmlands, and that the elephant may have eaten it unwittingly. Instances of such traps being laid by villagers are common across forest areas in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka. In brief:  A screenshot of the label put by Twitter on the video posted by the @TeamTrump account. The Associated Press is reporting that Twitter has blocked a Trump video tribute to George Floyd over a copyright claim. The move could worsen tensions between the social media platform and the U.S. President. The company put a label on a video posted by the @TeamTrump account, saying, "This media has been disabled in response to a claim by the copyright owner." The video, however, remains available on President Donald Trump's YouTube channel. Evening Wrap will return on Monday. | 
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