adding notification section
diff --git a/.asf.yaml b/.asf.yaml
index 75f5e40..ba27dc5 100644
--- a/.asf.yaml
+++ b/.asf.yaml
@@ -14,3 +14,12 @@
     wiki: true
     issues: true
     projects: true
+
+  notifications:
+    commits:              commits@airavata.apache.org
+    # Send all issue emails (new, closed, comments) to issues@
+    issues:               issues@airavata.apache.org
+    # Send new/closed PR notifications to dev@
+    pullrequests_status:  issues@airavata.apache.org
+    # Send individual PR comments/reviews to issues@
+    pullrequests_comment: issues@airavata.apache.org
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