feat: upgrade node v18

[BilalQamar95]

Description

• Regenerated package-lock.json with node v18.
• Updated .nvmrc to v18
• Updated ci workflow to use node 18
• Pinned backbone & underscore to ensure compatibility and resolve lodash error

[codecov]

Codecov Report

All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests ✅

Project coverage is 95.12%. Comparing base (a33db7f) to head (af406e7).
Report is 1 commits behind head on master.

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