First housekeeping items to get the project started

[nariman87]

Context for changes

• Minor updates for README.md, documentation, pull_request_template.md, and workflows
• Fixed a bug in pull_request_template.md:
  The template was not loading properly due to a whitespace bug

Example usage and tests

• Not Applicable

Performance results justifying changes

• Not Applicable

Workflow actions

• upload_linux_x64.yaml
• upload_macos_x64.yaml
• upload_win_x64.yaml
• build_tests.yaml

Expected benefits and drawbacks

Expected benefits:

• Cleaner looking README, documentation, and CI test results.

Related Github issues

• Not Applicable

Checklist and integration statements

• My Python and C++ codes follow the coding and commenting styles of this project as indicated by existing files. Specifically, the changes conform to given black, docformatter and pylint configurations.
• I have performed a self-review of these changes. I have checked my code and corrected misspellings to the best of my capacity. I also confirm that I have already merged other branches into this branch as required.
• I have added context for corresponding changes in documentation and README.md as needed.
• I have added new workflow CI tests for corresponding changes and these pass locally for me.
• I have updated _version.py based on semantic versioning. I recognize that the developers may create a special release including my changes. I recommend a Special Release branch following this PR

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