Add retirement notice to README.rst

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-Microsoft Azure Storage SDK for Python
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-**NEWS!! azure-storage-blob version 12.0.0 is GA now!** 
+Microsoft Azure Storage SDK for Python (Deprecated)
 
-Here is the link to `v12.0.0 repo`_.  
+This project will be in [Community Support](https://azure.github.io/azure-sdk/policies_support.html#package-lifecycle) until 13 September 2024. After this date the project and associated client libraries will be retired permanently. For more details on the retirement and alternatives to using this project, visit [Retirement notice: The legacy Azure Storage Python client libraries will be retired on 13 September 2024](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/retirement-notice-the-legacy-azure-storage-python-client-libraries-will-be-retired-on-13-september-2024/).
 
-**Note**: the current repo is for azure-storage-blob<=2.1.0, upgrading to v12.0.0 could break you current code. `Link for breaking change details`_.
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+**NEWS!! azure-storage-blob v12 is GA now!** 
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+Visit https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/main/sdk/storage to learn more.
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+**Note**: the current repo is for azure-storage-blob<=2.1.0, upgrading to v12.0.0 could break you current code.
 
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