Aditi Tandon New Delhi, January 1 As the calendar flipped to 2021, UN Children’s Fund (Unicef) estimated the birth of 3,71,504 babies globally on New Year’s Day. Globally, over half of these births are estimated to take place in 10 countries, India leading the charts with 59,995 births expected on Friday. Babies born in India on January 1, 2021, are expected to have a life expectancy of 80.9 years, the agency said. “An additional 1,000 babies are surviving each day in India due to the country’s efforts as envisaged in the India Newborn Action Plan 2014-2020. A million newborns with special needs survive each year thanks to the additional 320 district-level special newborn care units established in this period,” according to Unicef India Country Representative Dr Yasmin Ali Haque.