CI fixes

[shreyasvinaya]

Description

fixes a bunch of typechecks and docs build

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• I have performed a self-review of my own code
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• I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
• I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works
• New unit tests pass locally with my changes
• I have checked my code and corrected any misspellings

[rbharath]

Please separate into two PRs. One for lint, one for az. Don't have different changes in same PR

[shreyasvinaya]

Split done: #193 now contains only the lint/docs-import cleanup, and the AZ changes were moved to #196.

[riya-singh28]

@ARY2260 I have done a basic check. LGTM. Can you please do a second pass?

[ARY2260]

LGTM

[ARY2260]

@shreyasvinaya Also this PR seems very small and vague as you don't not seem to fix much linting in this PR either. Can you please add a better description?