Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to present the Budget today; Economic Survey expressed caution on growth in the current financial year – it was pegged at between 6.5% and 7%; KVS Manian, the former joint MD at Kotak Mahindra Bank has been given RBI approval to take charge; Brent crude above $82 to the barrel;China to remove sanctions on a U.S. communications company;, U.S. stocks ended higher, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq gaining over a percent and the Dow ending higher by 0.3%...…All this and much more on your daily podcast by Alex Mathew and Niraj Shah.