update the dependency to kubernetes 1.36

[Madhu-1]

we have new kubernetes major 1.36 release

• Make Kubernetes E2E test mandatory in CI Run: update k8s 1.36 #6305
• Update Mergify rules to consider tests on kube 1.36: update k8s 1.36 #6305
• Drop unmaintained kube releases
  • from centos/ci: ci: update CI for Kubernetes 1.32-1.36 support #6303
  • From github pull request commenter: doc: update docs & mergifyio rules to prepare for v3.17 release #6294 (331a612)
  • From mergify: doc: update docs & mergifyio rules to prepare for v3.17 release #6294 (b555de3)
• go dependency update
  • update go to 1.26 (Completed in PR rebase: bump the k8s-dependencies group across 1 directory with 2 updates #6253)
  • update k8s packages to 0.36.x
    • rebase: bump the k8s-dependencies group across 1 directory with 2 updates #6281
    • rebase: bump k8s.io/api from 0.36.0 to 0.36.1 in /api in the k8s-dependencies group across 1 directory #6282
• Readme update: update k8s 1.36 #6305
• New patch release to support 1.36

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