Merge pull request #1010 from 0xabdulkhalid/closes-issue-978

feat: implement issue lockdown feature to reduce unwanted notifications 🔐✨

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/lock-newly-opened-issues.yml

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+name: "Lock Issues"
+
+on:
+  issues:
+    types: opened
+
+permissions:
+  issues: write
+
+jobs:
+  action:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: dessant/repo-lockdown@v3
+        with:
+          close-issue: false
+          process-only: "issues"
+          issue-labels: "🔒 locked"
+          exclude-issue-labels: "gssoc23"
+          skip-closed-issue-comment: true
+          issue-comment: >
+            To reduce unwanted notifications your issue is locked. Your issue will be unlocked when we add the label, `gssoc23`.