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FALSE. Basophils number will not be increased when parasitic invasion occurs.

Basophils are a type of white blood cell. Although they're produced in the bone marrow, they're found in many tissues throughout your body. They're part of your immune system and play a role in its proper function.

Basophils appear in many specific kinds of inflammatory reactions, particularly those that cause allergic symptoms. If your basophil level is low, it may be due to a severe allergic reaction.

Basophils contain anticoagulant heparin, which prevents blood from clotting too quickly. They also contain the vasodilator histamine, which promotes blood flow to tissues.

When a company or corporation earns a profit or surplus, that money can be put to two uses it can either be re-invested in the business called retained earnings or it can be paid to the shareholders as a dividends.

Investment and asset are really close in meaning. Investment is when you put your money in stock, bond or other financial instruments. Whereas Asset is what you own generally reffered to land, proprietorship , factory, etc.

Senior IPS officer Alok Kumar Verma, Delhi Police Commissioner was appointed as new Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation. He will have tenure of two years. He was selected by a three-member committee comprising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Justice J S Khehar and Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge. He will take over from interim director Rakesh Asthana, who was handed the reins of the premier investigating agency after former director Anil Sinha retired on December 2, 2016.

The halogens make up group 17 in the periodic table.

They are five elements:

Chlorine (Cl)

Fluorine (F)

Bromine (B)

Iodine (I)

Astatine (At).

But astatine is not purely halogen as it is radioactive.

Environmental science is a field that integrates physical, biological and information sciences to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems. This emerged from the fields of natural history and medicine during the Enlightenment.

In brief, it is a scientific study of the natural world and how it is influenced by people.