I tried loading forge 1.8.9 . I am on the (now) recommended version of forge. It shows this error while loading Minecraft

The game crashed whilst initializing game Error: java.lang.NullPointerException: Initializing game

Crash report:

---- Minecraft Crash Report ----
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Time: 9/7/22 7:19 PM
Description: Initializing game

java.lang.NullPointerException: Initializing game
    at net.minecraftforge.fml.common.Loader$ModIdComparator.compare(Loader.java:375)
    at net.minecraftforge.fml.common.Loader$ModIdComparator.compare(Loader.java:370)
    at java.util.TreeMap.getEntryUsingComparator(TreeMap.java:376)
    at java.util.TreeMap.getEntry(TreeMap.java:345)
    at java.util.TreeMap.get(TreeMap.java:278)
    at com.google.common.collect.AbstractMapBasedMultimap.put(AbstractMapBasedMultimap.java:192)
    at com.google.common.collect.AbstractSetMultimap.put(AbstractSetMultimap.java:121)
    at com.google.common.collect.TreeMultimap.put(TreeMultimap.java:78)
    at net.minecraftforge.fml.common.Loader.identifyDuplicates(Loader.java:386)
    at net.minecraftforge.fml.common.Loader.identifyMods(Loader.java:364)
    at net.minecraftforge.fml.common.Loader.loadMods(Loader.java:488)
    at net.minecraftforge.fml.client.FMLClientHandler.beginMinecraftLoading(FMLClientHandler.java:208)
    at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.func_71384_a(Minecraft.java:417)
    at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.func_99999_d(Minecraft.java:329)
    at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:124)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
    at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch.launch(Launch.java:135)
    at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch.main(Launch.java:28)

A detailed walkthrough of the error, its code path and all known details is as follows:
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-- Head --
Stacktrace:
    at net.minecraftforge.fml.common.Loader$ModIdComparator.compare(Loader.java:375)
    at net.minecraftforge.fml.common.Loader$ModIdComparator.compare(Loader.java:370)
    at java.util.TreeMap.getEntryUsingComparator(TreeMap.java:376)
    at java.util.TreeMap.getEntry(TreeMap.java:345)
    at java.util.TreeMap.get(TreeMap.java:278)
    at com.google.common.collect.AbstractMapBasedMultimap.put(AbstractMapBasedMultimap.java:192)
    at com.google.common.collect.AbstractSetMultimap.put(AbstractSetMultimap.java:121)
    at com.google.common.collect.TreeMultimap.put(TreeMultimap.java:78)
    at net.minecraftforge.fml.common.Loader.identifyDuplicates(Loader.java:386)
    at net.minecraftforge.fml.common.Loader.identifyMods(Loader.java:364)
    at net.minecraftforge.fml.common.Loader.loadMods(Loader.java:488)
    at net.minecraftforge.fml.client.FMLClientHandler.beginMinecraftLoading(FMLClientHandler.java:208)
    at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.func_71384_a(Minecraft.java:417)

-- Initialization --
Details:
Stacktrace:
    at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.func_99999_d(Minecraft.java:329)
    at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:124)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
    at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch.launch(Launch.java:135)
    at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch.main(Launch.java:28)

-- System Details --
Details:
    Minecraft Version: 1.8.9
    Operating System: Windows 10 (amd64) version 10.0
    Java Version: 1.8.0_51, Oracle Corporation
    Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation
    Memory: 1043276128 bytes (994 MB) / 1308622848 bytes (1248 MB) up to 2147483648 bytes (2048 MB)
    JVM Flags: 8 total; -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xmx2G -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:G1NewSizePercent=20 -XX:G1ReservePercent=20 -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=50 -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=32M
    IntCache: cache: 0, tcache: 0, allocated: 0, tallocated: 0
    FML: MCP 9.19 Powered by Forge 11.15.1.2318 4 mods loaded, 0 mods active
    States: 'U' = Unloaded 'L' = Loaded 'C' = Constructed 'H' = Pre-initialized 'I' = Initialized 'J' = Post-initialized 'A' = Available 'D' = Disabled 'E' = Errored
        mcp{9.19} [Minecraft Coder Pack] (minecraft.jar) 
        FML{8.0.99.99} [Forge Mod Loader] (forge-1.8.9-11.15.1.2318-1.8.9.jar) 
        Forge{11.15.1.2318} [Minecraft Forge] (forge-1.8.9-11.15.1.2318-1.8.9.jar) 
        null{1.0} [null] (Morph-1.16.5-10.1.0.jar) 
    Loaded coremods (and transformers): 
    GL info: ' Vendor: 'Intel' Version: '4.6.0 - Build 30.0.100.9865' Renderer: 'Intel(R) HD Graphics 620'
    Launched Version: 1.8.9-forge1.8.9-11.15.1.2318-1.8.9
    LWJGL: 2.9.4
    OpenGL: Intel(R) HD Graphics 620 GL version 4.6.0 - Build 30.0.100.9865, Intel
    GL Caps: Using GL 1.3 multitexturing.
Using GL 1.3 texture combiners.
Using framebuffer objects because OpenGL 3.0 is supported and separate blending is supported.
Shaders are available because OpenGL 2.1 is supported.
VBOs are available because OpenGL 1.5 is supported.

    Using VBOs: No
    Is Modded: Definitely; Client brand changed to 'fml,forge'
    Type: Client (map_client.txt)
    Resource Packs: 
    Current Language: English (US)
    Profiler Position: N/A (disabled)
    CPU: 4x Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7500U CPU @ 2.70GHz

 

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